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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. 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.


Republican primary


Candidates

* Haley Barbour, incumbent
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*Frederick Jones


Results


Democratic primary


Candidates

*William Compton, teacher * John Arthur Eaves Jr., attorney *Louis Fondren, former Mississippi State Representative, former
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of Moss Point *Fred Smith


Results


General election


Polling


Predictions


Results


Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Adams (largest city: Natchez) * Monroe (largest city: Amory) * Panola (largest city: Batesville) * Pike (largest city: McComb) * Yalobusha (largest city: Water Valley)


Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Wayne (largest municipality: Waynesboro) * Winston (largest city:
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See also

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State of Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
* Governors of Mississippi


References


External links


Haley Barbour for Governor
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