(Miss. Gov.) Barbour, Eaves Win Miss. Primaries - AP

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Barbour, Eaves Win Miss. Primaries

Wednesday August 8, 2007 6:01 AM

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

Associated Press Writer

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Republican governor, Haley
Barbour, easily won his party's nomination on Tuesday, and will
face another wealthy attorney in November as he seeks a second
term in a state still recovering from the widespread destruction
of Hurricane Katrina.

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Barbour will face Democrat John Arthur Eaves Jr., a trial lawyer
from the Jackson suburb of Madison, in the Nov. 6 general election.

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Eaves said he believes Democratic primary voters responded to his
pledge to push for voluntary, student-led prayer in public schools
and for teacher pay raises.

“People are ready for a new day. They are ready for a change,”
Eaves said.

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[Ian David]

1. Either way, Mississippi is fucked. n/t