Republicans Win Kentucky, Mississippi Governorships
By: Administrative Account | Source: CNSNews.com
November 5, 2003 8:30AM EST
(CNSNews.com) - President Bush campaigned for the Republican gubernatorial candidates in Kentucky and Mississippi, and that's why some analysts see the Republicans' victories on Tuesday as a major public relations boost for Bush. Republican Haley Barbour is the new governor-elect of Mississippi, defeating incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove with 53 percent of the vote to Musgrove's 45 percent. And Republican Ernie Fletcher pronounced it "a new era in Kentucky," after he defeated Democrat Attorney General A.B. "Ben" Chandler with 55 percent of the vote. Kentucky hasn't had a Republican governor for 32 years. The incumbent Kentucky governor, Democrat Paul Patton, was term-limited out of office. Haley Barbour, well known in Washington as a lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, told his supporters, "Tomorrow is a day to move on and put this day behind us and get ready to accentuate the positive." Twenty-nine of the nation's governors are now Republican.
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