2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none 2007 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential no 2003 Mississippi gubernatorial election 2003 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election 2011 November 6, 2007 File:Haley Barbour by Gage Skidmore.jpg Haley Barbour Republican Party (United States) 430,807 57.90% 78 File:John Arthur Eaves.jpg 150x150px John Arthur Eaves Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 313,232 42.10% 44 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 170px County resultsBarbour: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Eaves: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Haley Barbour Republican Party (United States) Haley Barbour Republican Party (United States) 2001 Mississippi 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. Miss. Governor Easily Wins 2nd Term Washington Post 2007-11-06 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602289.html?hpid=topnews 2007-11-06 Chris Sundheim 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 voted Republican for governor since 1873 and Yalobusha County did so for the first time ever. Republican primary Candidates Haley Barbour, incumbent governor Frederick Jones Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2007/PrimaryCert/Statewide/2007StatewideRP.pdf Primary certification documents 2007 www.sos.state.ms.us PDF 2019-10-25 Haley Barbour (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 184,036 93.11 Frederick Jones Republican Party (United States) 13,611 6.89 197,647 100 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 thumb|170px|Results by county Map legend #3933e5 Eaves—80–90% #584cde Eaves—70–80% #6674de Eaves—60–70% #7996e2 Eaves—50–60% #a5b0ff Eaves—40–50% #becbff Eaves—30–40% #ffccaa Smith—30–40% Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2007/PrimaryCert/Statewide/2007StatewideDM.pdf Primary certification documents 2007 www.sos.state.ms.us PDF 2019-10-25 John Arthur Eaves, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 314,012 70.29 William Compton Democratic Party (United States) 52,343 11.72 Fred Smith Democratic Party (United States) 49,170 11.01 Louis Fondren Democratic Party (United States) 31,197 6.98 446,722 100 General election Polling Source Date HaleyBarbour (R) JohnEaves (D)Mississippi Education AssociationMississippi Education Association April 7, 2007 50% 35% Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ballhttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ljs2007110101/ 22007 Gubernatorial Contests and Virginia General Assembly Update crystalball.centerforpolitics.org Safe RNovember 1, 2007 Results Popular vote Electoral vote Republican Party Haley Barbour (incumbent) 430807 78 Democratic Party John Arthur Eaves Jr. 313232 44 Mississippi Secretary of State By county Countyhttps://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2007/Statewide%20Results/Governor.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250823010046/https://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2007/Statewide%20Results/Governor.pdf August 23, 2025 live Governor Clark Eric Eric Clark (politician) December 13, 2007 Secretary of State of Mississippi March 12, 2026Haley 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) right 170px Swing by county Legend #00A1C8 Democratic — +>15% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5–5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0–2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5–5% #ff8080 Republican — +5–7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #D40000 Republican — +>15% 170px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #00A1C8 Democratic — +>15% #00BDEC Democratic — +12.5–15% #09ceff Democratic — +10–12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5–5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0–2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5–5% #ff8080 Republican — +5–7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #D40000 Republican — +>15% 170px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip See also State of Mississippi Governors of Mississippi References External links Haley Barbour for Governor John Eaves for Governor Governor 2007 Mississippi Category:November 2007 in the United States Category:2007 in Mississippi Category:Long stubs with short prose