2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election

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2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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  2003 November 6, 2007 2011  
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Nominee Haley Barbour John Arthur Eaves Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote7844
Popular vote430,807313,232
Percentage57.90%42.10%

2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Barbour:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Eaves:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Governor before election

Haley Barbour
Republican

Elected Governor

Haley Barbour
Republican

The 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 6. Incumbent Haley Barbour was re-elected to serve a four-year term as Governor of Mississippi from January 15, 2008, through January 10, 2012. [1] The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is also on the ballot and elected for the same time period. This was the first time that Panola County and Yalobusha County voted Republican for governor since Reconstruction.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Haley Barbour (incumbent) 184,036 93.11
Republican Frederick Jones13,6116.89
Total votes197,647 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county Mississippi Governor D Primary 2007.svg
Results by county
Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Arthur Eaves, Jr. 314,012 70.29
Democratic William Compton52,34311.72
Democratic Fred Smith49,17011.01
Democratic Louis Fondren31,1976.98
Total votes446,722 100

General election

Polling

SourceDateHaley
Barbour (R)
John
Eaves (D)
Mississippi Education Association April 7, 200750%35%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Safe RNovember 1, 2007

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Haley Barbour (incumbent) Republican Party 430,80757.907863.93
John Arthur Eaves Jr. Democratic Party 313,23242.104436.07
Total744,039100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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