History-Making Day for New GOP Governor
From Times Wire Reports
Haley Barbour, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was sworn in as governor and pledged to make jobs and unity priorities.
Barbour, who beat Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove in November, is only the second Republican to hold the post since Reconstruction.
“This is the moment to lift our horizons for Mississippi,” Barbour said in Jackson.
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