2003Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2003 election for Mississippi Governor
Governor · Mississippi
Haley Barbour (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Musgrove (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Haley BarbourRepublican · winner
53.4%470,404
Ronnie MusgroveDemocrat
46.6%409,787
880,191 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2003
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET