Mr Barbour (L) based his campaign on rebuilding after Katrina
The governor of the US state of Mississippi has been reelected, apparently as a result of his handling of the Hurricane Katrina crisis.
Haley Barbour, a Republican, beat Democrat John Eaves in a campaign which stressed job growth and rebuilding.
Meanwhile Kentucky's scandal-hit governor Ernie Fletcher lost badly to Democratic rival Steve Beshear.
Five major cities are also voting for mayors, ahead of the country's 2008 presidential elections.
The cities of Baltimore, Houston, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are choosing mayors. Some states are also voting on ballot initiatives.
One of those is a referendum in New Jersey on whether the state should borrow $450m over 10 years to pay for stem cell research.
Another, in Utah, asks voters whether the state should provide assistance - in the form of school vouchers - to students going to private schools.
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