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Republicans swept the night's two big prizes. Bob McDonnell won easily in Virginia, promising as Governor to create jobs.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.

Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman says Mississippi is "starving" for the right leadership, so the actor is using his celebrity status to help his friend run for governor in 2011.

An ebullient Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele on Wednesday modestly credited conservative and Republican activists and volunteers a day after breakthrough gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey - races into which Mr.

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Republicans wrested political control of Virginia and New Jersey from the Democrats on Tuesday in a troubling sign for President Barack Obama and his party heading into an important midterm election year.

There's a midterm Mississippi judicial vacancy and you think you'd be just the guy or gal to fill the robe.

More voters had submitted early ballots in Virginia's gubernatorial election before Saturday, the final day for in-person absentee voting, than had cast early ballots in the state's 2005 contest, officials say.

Most Americans won't vote Tuesday. Still, a handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country's state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few important questions a year before pivotal 2010 midterm contests.

The two candidates for Virginia governor spent their last campaign weekend crisscrossing the state, making last-minute pleas for votes.

Gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and his Republican ticket mates are warning supporters not to get complacent because of their large lead in the polls leading up to the Tuesday election.

An anticipated special legislative session to consider providing state incentives for a new foreign investment economic development project in Tunica County has been postponed while the company continues negotiations.

Associated Press October 29, 2009 Austin, Texas - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is getting the endorsement of a fellow Republican governor, Haley Barbour of Mississippi.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday he's postponing a special legislative session he intended to call this week for a project that promises up to 500 jobs in the economically struggling Delta.

The fact that liberal Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson and conservative Republican Miss.

Gov. Haley Barbour has appointed a black lawyer to a judgeship - the same one who earlier criticized the governor for his lack of diversity when it comes to judicial appointments.

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Good news and bad news out of the Hobnob Mississippi social event in Jackson Wednesday.

Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Development Authority Disaster Recovery Division MDA/DRD Thursday announced a $1.5 million grant for completion of Long Beach's Harper McCaughan Elementary School.

The Mississippi Delta soon could be home to a 'very sophisticated, advanced manufacturing' operation that would create 500 jobs in five years, Gov.