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[edit] Problems

—Preceding unsigned comments added by [[User:# Mississippidemocrat ]] ([[User talk:# Mississippidemocrat|talk]] • contribs) 20:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations Needed

William Compton - Teacher[citation needed] Louis Fondren - Attorney; former St. Representative, 1972-1976; former Mayor of Moss Point, 1969-1971[citation needed] Fred Smith - Frequent Candidate[citation needed]

[edit] Conformity

Comedy240 tries to instate an artificial conformity to other poorly done and poorly sourced state gubernatorial election, 2007 wikis(ie Kentucky and Louisiana, both rated at start class, the second lowest class on Wikipedia's quality scale).

[edit] The Mississippi Democrat Edit

[edit] Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007

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.

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Republican

  • Haley Barbour - Incumbent Haley Barbour announced on February 8th, 2007, that he would seek a second term as Governor of Mississippi. He defeated Frederick Jones in the Republican primary on August 7th, and Democrat John Arthur Eaves, Jr. in the November general election. In a November 2006 poll by SurveyUSA, Barbour maintained a 59% approval rating and a +23% "net" approval rating.[2]

[edit] Democratic

  • John Arthur Eaves, Jr. - John Arthur Eaves, Jr., the born-again, pro-life trial lawyer won the Democratic primary on August 7th, 2007 defeating challengers William Compton, Fred Smith and Louis Fondren.

[edit] Primary Results

The official primary results from the Mississippi Secretary of State are[3]:

[edit] Democratic

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

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 Results

The unofficial general election results are[4]:

Candidates General Election, November 6
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Haley Barbour Republican 415,512 58.07%
John Eaves Democratic 300,078 41.93%

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Miss. Governor Easily Wins 2nd Term", Washington Post, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-06. 
  2. ^ "2006 Governors Survey", SurveyUSA, 2006-06-11. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
  3. ^ "2007 Election Returns", Mississippi Secretary of State, 2007-08-16. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
  4. ^ "2007 General Election Returns", Clarion-Ledger, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-06. 

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