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2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election
	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.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Haley Barbour, incumbent Governor
Frederick Jones

Results edit

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Haley Barbour (incumbent)	184,036	93.11
	Republican	Frederick Jones	13,611	6.89
Total votes			197,647	100

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

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

Results edit

Results by county

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Arthur Eaves, Jr.	314,012	70.29
	Democratic	William Compton	52,343	11.72
	Democratic	Fred Smith	49,170	11.01
	Democratic	Louis Fondren	31,197	6.98
Total votes			446,722	100

General election edit

Polling edit

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

Predictions edit

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Safe R	November 1, 2007

Results edit


Candidate		Party	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Haley Barbour (incumbent)	Republican Party	430,807	57.90	78	63.93
	John Arthur Eaves Jr.	Democratic Party	313,232	42.10	44	36.07
Total			744,039	100.00	122	100.00

Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

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 edit

Wayne (largest municipality: Waynesboro)
Winston (Largest city: Louisville)

References edit

^ Sundheim, Chris (November 6, 2007). "Miss. Governor Easily Wins 2nd Term". Washington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
^ "Primary certification documents" (PDF). www.sos.state.ms.us. 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
^ "Primary certification documents" (PDF). www.sos.state.ms.us. 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
^ "22007 Gubernatorial Contests and Virginia General Assembly Update". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org.