2003 Mississippi Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2003 Mississippi Gubernatorial Election?

Haley Barbour won the 2003 Mississippi Gubernatorial Election. Haley Barbour received 470,404 popular votes (52.59%). The main challenger was Ronnie Musgrove (45.81%).

See the full head-to-head between Barbour and Musgrove

Barbour +6.8 pts · won by 60,617 votes
470,404 votes
409,787 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.