Mississippi voters stood in line in some crowded precincts Tuesday to cast ballots in a hard-fought governor's race between Republican incumbent Tate Reeves and…
Republicans dominate in the conservative state, but Democrats were making an aggressive push for a rare statewide victory in the Deep Southvoters stood in line in some crowded precincts Tuesday to cast ballots in a hard-fought governor's race between Republican incumbent Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley.
“For you to believe Brandon Presley in anything that he says, you've got to believe that everything in Mississippi is bad,” Reeves said last week during the candidates' only debate., said Reeves has hurt the state by refusing to expand Medicaid to cover people working lower-wage jobs that don’t provide health insurance.
For the first time, Mississippi has the possibility of a runoff in the governor's race if no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote. An independent candidate, Gwendolyn Gray, announced weeks ago that she was dropping out and endorsing Presley, but she did it after ballots were set. Presley, 46, was mayor of his small hometown of Nettleton for six years before being elected in 2007 to the three-person Mississippi Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities.
Heather McGee of Columbus, who owns a construction company, said she will vote for Reeves, as she did in 2019.
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