2007 Mississippi elections Last updated February 20, 2025
2007 Mississippi elections
A general election was held in Mississippi on November 6, 2007, to elect to four-year terms for all members of the Mississippi State Legislature (122 representatives, 52 senators), the offices of Governor of Mississippi , Lieutenant Governor , Secretary of State , Attorney General , State Auditor , State Treasurer , Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce , and Commissioner of Insurance , plus all three members of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and Mississippi Public Service Commission . [ 1]
The election was generally a success for Republicans, as they held all their statewide elected offices, and won the open Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner seats, leaving Attorney General Jim Hood the only statewide elected Democratic officeholder. However, Democrats regained control of the State Senate and maintained their majority in the House of Representatives, won a 2-1 majority on the Public Service Commission, and held their 2-1 majority on the Transportation Commission.
Statewide officer elections According to the state constitution , a statewide officer must win both the majority of electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote to be elected.
The number of electoral votes equals the number of Mississippi House of Representatives districts, currently set at 122. A plurality of votes in each House District is required to win the electoral vote for that District. In the event of a tie between the two candidates with the highest votes, the electoral vote is split between them.
In the event an officeholder does not win both the majority electoral and majority popular vote, the House of Representatives shall choose the winner. The Democrats held a large edge (73–46 with three vacancies) in the House, thus ensuring that any contested race would go to the Democratic candidate.
Governor 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election County resultsBarbour: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Eaves: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Democratic primary Candidates William Compton, Jr. John Arthur Eaves, Jr. Louis Fondren Fred T. Smith Results Democratic primary - Governor [ 2] Candidate Votes Vote % John Arthur Eaves, Jr. 314,012 70.3 William Compton, Jr. 52,343 11.7 Fred T. Smith 49,170 11.0 Louis Fondren 31,197 7.0 TOTALS 446,722 100
Republican primary Candidates Haley Barbour, incumbent Frederick Jones Results Republican primary - Governor [ 3] Candidate Votes Vote % Haley Barbour (i) 184,036 93.1 Frederick Jones 13,611 6.9 TOTALS 197,647 100
Lieutenant governor Mississippi Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2007 County resultsBryant: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Franks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Secretary of State Mississippi Secretary of State election, 2007 County resultsHosemann: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Democratic primary Candidates Robert H. Smith Jabari A. Toins John Windsor Attorney general Mississippi Attorney General election, 2007 County results:Hood: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Hopkins: 50–60% 60–70%
Democratic nomination Candidate Jim Hood , the incumbent Democratic Attorney General, ran unopposed. [ 2] Republican nomination Candidate Al Hopkins, the Republican candidate, ran unopposed. State Auditor Mississippi State Auditor election, 2007 County resultsPickering: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Sumrall: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Democratic primary Candidates Todd Brand Jacob Ray Mike Sumrall State Treasurer Mississippi State Treasurer election, 2007 County resultsReeves: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%O'Hara: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce election, 2007 County resultsSpell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Cole: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Lester Spell was elected as a Democrat in 2003, but changed his party affiliation to Republican ahead of the 2007 elections.
Commissioner of Insurance Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance election, 2007 County resultsChaney: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Anderson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Public Service Commission Transportation Commission Northern District Democratic incumbent Bill Minor ran unopposed in the general election.
References ↑ "A glance at 2007 Mississippi elections" . Picayune Item . March 2, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2023 . 1 2 3 4 5 "Mississippi Democratic Primary Results" (PDF) . Mississippi Secretary of State . Mississippi Democratic Election Committee. August 17, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2008. ↑ Herring, James H. (August 20, 2007). "Mississippi Republican Party Primary Results" (PDF) . Mississippi Secretary of State . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2015. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 554. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 588. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 621. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 555. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 590. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 623. 1 2 Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 557. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 591. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 624. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 615. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 594. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 627. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 558. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 592. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 626. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 562. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 597. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 630. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 561. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 595. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2009 , p. 629. Works cited
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