Phil Bryant has said he wants Mississippi to be the "safest place in America for an unborn child".

Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest government opposition party front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run well in races where his rivals don’t have the resources to campaign.

Mitt Romney accused rival Rick Santorum of dirty tricks, for encouraging Democrats to defeat him in Michigan’s primary as voters determined his fate in his home state.

Washington lobbyist Haley Barbour unseated Mississippi Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove as the Republicans consolidated party gains in elections in the United States.

The banner that led Confederate troops in the Civil War will remain on Mississippi's flag.