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Miss. Governor Wins 2nd Term

Posted Nov 6, 07 11:05 PM CST in US 

(Newser) – Mississippi's GOP Gov. Haley Barbour was reelected to a second term last night, defeating Democrat John Arthur Eaves Jr. by a comfortable 20 percentage points. Barbour campaigned on his effectiveness in leading the state's recovery from  Hurricane Katrina while Eves, wielding a bible,  focused on his religious credentials and Barbour's connections to big corporations.

Barbour, a former Washington lobbyist, was credited with using his DC connections to help the state win billions of dollars in federal assistance, the AP reports.

Source Associated Press

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