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 governor Frederick Jones

Results

Democratic primary

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

Results

General election

Polling Source Date HaleyBarbour (R) JohnEaves (D)Mississippi Education Association April 7, 2007 50% 35%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2007

Results

By county CountyHaley BarbourRepublicanJohn Arthur Eaves Jr.DemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Adams4,48754.82%3,69845.18%7899.64%8,185Alcorn5,36359.21%3,69540.79%1,66818.41%9,058Amite2,58952.54%2,33947.46%2505.07%4,928Attala3,14857.62%2,31542.38%83315.25%5,463Benton1,10348.10%1,19051.90%-87-3.79%2,293Bolivar3,62041.95%5,01058.05%-1,390-16.11%8,630Calhoun2,73252.65%2,45747.35%2755.30%5,189Carroll2,55063.13%1,48936.87%1,06126.27%4,039Chickasaw2,34043.13%3,08556.87%-745-13.73%5,425Choctaw1,78859.70%1,20740.30%58119.40%2,995Claiborne82324.36%2,55675.64%-1,733-51.29%3,379Clarke3,14955.67%2,50844.33%64111.33%5,657Clay3,42745.62%4,08554.38%-658-8.76%7,512Coahoma2,35948.89%2,46651.11%-107-2.22%4,825Copiah3,86249.65%3,91750.35%-55-0.71%7,779Covington3,65151.79%3,39848.21%2533.59%7,049DeSoto14,20676.61%4,33723.39%9,86953.22%18,543Forrest9,83961.22%6,23238.78%3,60722.44%16,071Franklin1,47255.99%1,15744.01%31511.98%2,629George3,09358.49%2,19541.51%89816.98%5,288Greene1,90754.10%1,61845.90%2898.20%3,525Grenada3,75056.62%2,87343.38%87713.24%6,623Hancock7,26171.97%2,82828.03%4,43343.94%10,089Harrison23,97871.40%9,60428.60%14,37442.80%33,582Hinds26,74643.98%34,07456.02%-7,328-12.05%60,820Holmes1,57428.92%3,86871.08%-2,294-42.15%5,442Humphreys1,43637.09%2,43662.91%-1,000-25.83%3,872Issaquena36445.73%43254.27%-68-8.54%796Itawamba3,82652.66%3,43947.34%3875.33%7,265Jackson22,18869.55%9,71530.45%12,47339.10%31,903Jasper2,16440.16%3,22559.84%-1,061-19.69%5,389Jefferson59720.11%2,37279.89%-1,775-59.78%2,969Jefferson Davis2,42540.92%3,50159.08%-1,076-18.16%5,926Jones11,92860.44%7,80739.56%4,12120.88%19,735Kemper1,57841.82%2,19558.18%-617-16.35%3,773Lafayette5,62167.60%2,69432.40%2,92735.20%8,315Lamar9,91574.47%3,39925.53%6,51648.94%13,314Lauderdale11,85865.19%6,33134.81%5,52730.39%18,189Lawrence2,27655.16%1,85044.84%42610.32%4,126Leake3,21655.22%2,60844.78%60810.44%5,824Lee12,19159.24%8,38940.76%3,80218.47%20,580Leflore3,45845.36%4,16554.64%-707-9.27%7,623Lincoln5,67359.52%3,85840.48%1,81519.04%9,531Lowndes9,90062.65%5,90137.35%3,99925.31%15,801Madison18,20768.81%8,25431.19%9,95337.61%26,461Marion5,44659.42%3,72040.58%1,72618.83%9,166Marshall3,57049.88%3,58750.12%-17-0.24%7,157Monroe5,88453.47%5,12146.53%7636.93%11,005Montgomery2,28952.02%2,11147.98%1784.05%4,400Neshoba4,82563.95%2,72036.05%2,10527.90%7,545Newton3,92463.59%2,24736.41%1,67727.18%6,171Noxubee1,18034.21%2,26965.79%-1,089-31.57%3,449Oktibbeha6,22358.73%4,37341.27%1,85017.46%10,596Panola4,58856.66%3,50943.34%1,07913.33%8,097Pearl River9,01168.89%4,07031.11%4,94137.77%13,081Perry1,88153.05%1,66546.95%2166.09%3,546Pike5,59450.98%5,38049.02%2141.95%10,974Pontotoc4,67654.90%3,84145.10%8359.80%8,517Prentiss3,37947.99%3,66252.01%-283-4.02%7,041Quitman1,02143.41%1,33156.59%-310-13.18%2,352Rankin27,92878.59%7,60921.41%20,31957.18%35,537Scott4,01956.84%3,05243.16%96713.68%7,071Sharkey82839.77%1,25460.23%-426-20.46%2,082Simpson5,15859.79%3,46940.21%1,68919.58%8,627Smith3,64061.79%2,25138.21%1,38923.58%5,891Stone2,76558.67%1,94841.33%81717.34%4,713Sunflower2,44838.62%3,89061.38%-1,442-22.75%6,338Tallahatchie1,97641.67%2,76658.33%-790-16.66%4,742Tate4,50867.54%2,16732.46%2,34135.07%6,675Tippah4,03458.04%2,91641.96%1,11816.09%6,950Tishomingo3,48453.45%3,03446.55%4506.90%6,518Tunica1,23748.55%1,31151.45%-74-2.90%2,548Union3,99055.99%3,13644.01%85411.98%7,126Walthall2,37855.06%1,94144.94%43710.12%4,319Warren7,89459.81%5,30540.19%2,58919.62%13,199Washington4,02043.18%5,28956.82%-1,269-13.63%9,309Wayne3,44047.82%3,75452.18%-314-4.36%7,194Webster2,60164.73%1,41735.27%1,18429.47%4,018Wilkinson1,16942.43%1,58657.57%-417-15.14%2,755Winston3,67849.32%3,77950.68%-101-1.35%7,457Yalobusha2,02455.53%1,62144.47%40311.06%3,645Yazoo4,45957.04%3,35942.96%1,10014.07%7,818Totals430,80757.90%313,23242.10%117,57515.80%744,039

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: Louisville)

See also State of Mississippi Governors of Mississippi

References

External links Haley Barbour for Governor