Mississippi general election, 2007

A general election was held in Mississippi on 6 November 2007 to elect to 4 year terms all members of the Mississippi State Legislature (122 representatives, 52 senators), the offices of Governor of Mississippi, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, and Commissioner of Insurance, plus all three members of the Transportation Commission and all three members of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

The election was generally a success for Republicans, as they held all their statewide elected offices, and won the open Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner seats, leaving Attorney General Jim Hood the only statewide elected Democratic officeholder. However, Democrats regained control of the State Senate and maintained their majority in the House of Representatives, won a 2-1 majority on the Public Service Commission, and held their 2-1 majority on the Transportation Commission.

Results for the Mississippi State Legislature

All 122 representatives and 52 senators of the Mississippi State Legislature are elected for four-year terms with no staggering of terms. The state legislature draws up separate district maps for the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate, usually after the federal U.S. Census. There are no term limits for members of both houses of the legislature.

Results for the Mississippi Senate

Party		Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
	Democratic	171,993	28	+3
	Republican	161,042	24	-3
	Constitution	10,881	0	0
	Independent	3,818	0	0
Total		347,734	52	0	100.0%

Results for House of Representatives

Party		Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
	Democratic		75	0
	Republican		47	0
	Constitution		0	0
	Independent		0	0
Total			122	0

Results for Statewide Offices

According to the state constitution, a statewide officer must win both the majority of electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote to be elected.

The number of electoral votes equals the number of Mississippi House of Representatives districts, currently set at 122. A plurality of votes in each House District is required to win the electoral vote for that District. In the event of a tie between the two candidates with the highest votes, the electoral vote is split between them.

In the event an officeholder does not win both the majority electoral and majority popular vote, the House of Representatives shall choose the winner. Currently, the Democrats hold a large edge (73-46 with three vacancies) in the House, thus ensuring that any contested race will go to the Democrat candidate.

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

2007 Mississippi Lieutenant Governor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Phil Bryant	431,747	58.6	-1.4
	Democratic	Jamie Franks	305,409	41.4	+4.3

Attorney General

2007 Mississippi Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jim Hood (Incumbent)	440,017	59.8	-2.9
	Republican	Al Hopkins	295,516	40.2	+2.9

State Treasurer

2007 Mississippi State Treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tate Reeves (incumbent)	436,833	60.5	+8.7
	Democratic	Shawn O'Hara	284,789	39.5	-7.1

State Auditor

2007 Mississippi State Auditor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Stacey Pickering	399,279	55.0	-21.3
	Democratic	Mike Sumrall	327,033	45.0	+21.3

Secretary of State

2007 Mississippi Secretary of State election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Delbert Hosemann	425,228	58.2	+34.7
	Democratic	Robert Smith	304,918	41.8	-29.2

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

2007 Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lester Spell (incumbent)	371,191	51.0	n/a
	Democratic	Ricky Cole	308,693	42.4	n/a
	Constitution	Paul Riley	47,647	6.6	n/a

Note: Spell was elected as a Democrat in 2003, but changed his party affiliation to Republican.

Commissioner of Insurance

2007 Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mike Chaney	414,718	56.5	+31.7
	Democratic	Gary Anderson	319,287	43.5	-27.9

Results for Commissions

Transportation Commission

Northern District

Democratic incumbent Bill Minor ran unopposed in the general election.

Central District

2007 Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, Central District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dick Hall (incumbent)	126,145	52.2
	Democratic	Rudolph Warnock	115,534	47.8

Southern District

2007 Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, Southern District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Wayne Brown (incumbent)	133,029	52.5
	Republican	Larry Benefield	120,293	47.5

Public Service Commission

Northern District

2007 Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Northern District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Brandon Presley	134,405	57.9
	Republican	Mabel Murphree	97,892	42.1

Central District

2007 Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Central District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Lynn Posey	122,417	50.6
	Republican	Charles Barbour	112,782	46.6
	Independent	Lee Dilworth	6,833	2.8

Southern District

2007 Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Southern District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Leonard Bentz (incumbent)	139,124	55.9
	Democratic	Mike Collier	109,737	44.1