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October 15, 2007

Insurance Commission: A close race to choose George Dale’s successor

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 10/14/7 The state insurance commissioner’s race between Democrat Gary Anderson and Republican Mike Chaney has become a microcosm of much of the rest of the 2007 statewide elections – a battle between wealthy, impassioned contributors from both the state’s business and medical community and the state’s trial lawyers. Eight-term incumbent Democratic Insurance…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 15, 2007

Job creation key issue in governor’s race

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/14/7 Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and Democratic challenger John Arthur Eaves Jr. offer sharply different views about Mississippi’s economy. Barbour boasts that since he took office in January 2004, Mississippi has survived the jolt of Hurricane Katrina and attracted a host of high-paying jobs. Eaves, a trial lawyer from Jackson, countered in an…