All posts tagged "Haley Barbour"

The US state of Mississippi has temporarily suspended a mass 11th-hour pardon that set four convicted murderers free and sparked outrage among victims and law enforcement officials.

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.

Republican Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour played the race card on Sunday while defending Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain against sexual harassment charges.

Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley pointed out Sunday that Republican presidential candidates didn't seem to be running for their party's nomination as much as they were pandering to the tea party.

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.