1 8 5 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 2 7 ▁death s ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁company ▁found ers ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁railway ▁entrepr ene urs ▁Category : Bus iness people ▁from ▁Man it oba ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Canadian ▁business people ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁construction ▁business people ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Canadian ▁business people <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Mississippi ▁g ubern atorial ▁election ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁November ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁elect ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁state ▁of ▁Mississippi . ▁ ▁Form er ▁Republican ▁National ▁Committee ▁chairman ▁H ale y ▁Bar bour ▁defeated ▁inc umb ent ▁Dem ocrat ▁Ron nie ▁Mus gro ve ▁by ▁a ▁margin ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 7 ▁percentage ▁points . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁election ▁remains ▁the ▁most ▁expensive ▁g ubern atorial ▁election ▁in ▁state ▁history , ▁with ▁over ▁$ 1 8 ▁million ▁having ▁been ▁spent ▁between ▁Bar bour ▁and ▁Mus gro ve . ▁ ▁An ▁additional ▁$ 5 ▁million ▁was ▁spent ▁by ▁the ▁Republican ▁Govern ors ▁Association , ▁mostly ▁on ▁television ▁advert ising . ▁ ▁Bar bour ' s ▁victory ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁made ▁him ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁Republican ▁governor ▁of ▁Mississippi ▁since ▁Re const ruction . ▁ ▁Democratic ▁primary ▁ ▁C andid ates ▁Gilbert ▁F ount ain , ▁per enn ial ▁candidate ▁E lder ▁Mc Cl end on ▁Ron nie ▁Mus gro ve , ▁inc