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WASHINGTON — The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Thursday over 200 pardons issued by former governor Haley Barbour, including convicted rapists and killers.

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Kentucky's Democratic Governor Steve Beshear won re-election to a second term on Tuesday, beating back challenges from two rivals.

The polarized issue that is Proposition 26, Mississippi's "Personhood Amendment" that would classify fertilized embryos as human beings, appears to be going down to the wire when the state's residents vote on whether to adopt it as law Tuesday evening.

OXFORD, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi voters chose Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree on Tuesday as the Democratic nominee for governor in one of four states due to hold gubernatorial contests in the fall.

In the wake of Republican successes in last week's election, the party's attention has turned to the question of whether the often-embattled Michael Steele is the best person to lead the Republican National Committee going into the 2012 campaign.