Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007

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The Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007 was held on Tuesday, November 6th. Incumbent Haley Barbour was re-elected and will serve a four-year term as Governor of Mississippi from December 2007 through December 2011^[1]. The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is also on the ballot and elected for the same time period.

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Republican 1.2 Democratic 2 Polling 3 Results 3.1 Democratic Primary Election 3.2 Republican Primary Election 3.3 General Election 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Republican

• Haley Barbour - Governor, 2003-Present; Republican National Committee Chairman, 1993-1997
• Frederick Jones

[edit] Democratic

• William Compton - Teacher^{[citation needed]}
• John Arthur Eaves, Jr. - Attorney
• Louis Fondren - Attorney; former St. Representative, 1972-1976; former Mayor of Moss Point, 1969-1971^{[citation needed]}
• Fred Smith - Frequent Candidate^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Polling

Source	Date	Barbour (R)	Eaves (D)
Mississippi Education Association	Apr 7, 2007	50%	35%

[edit] Results

The official primary results from the Mississippi Secretary of State are^[2]:

[edit] Democratic Primary Election

Candidates		Democratic Primary Election, August 7
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
John Eaves	Democratic	314,012	70.29%
William Compton	Democratic	52,343	11.72%
Fred Smith	Democratic	49,170	11.01%
Louis Fondren	Democratic	31,197	6.98%

[edit] Republican Primary Election

Candidates		Republican Primary Election, August 7
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
Haley Barbour	Republican	184,036	93.11%
Frederick Jones	Republican	13,611	6.89%

[edit] General Election

With all 1899 precints reporting, the unofficial general election results are^[3]:

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Haley Barbour	415,512	58.07%	+5.48
	Democratic	John Eaves	300,078	41.93%	-3.88
Majority			115,434	16.14%
Turnout			715,590
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2007
• State of Mississippi
• Governors of Mississippi

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Haley Barbour for Governor
• John Eaves for Governor

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