- Mississippi Democrat gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley is making a surprisingly strong bid to unseat incumbent GOP Gov. Tate Reeves in one of the most Republican states in the nation.
- Presley, distant relation to Elvis Presley, remains the underdog going into Election Day on Tuesday, with a rough average of polls showing trailing by about 6 percentage points.
- Democrats nationwide are looking for “the next Georgia” – Republican-leaning Southern state that flips back to the Democrats, as Georgia did in 2020 and 2022.
- “The fact that it’s even close is a huge shift in Mississippi,” says Angie Maxwell, director of the Diane Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society at the University of Arkansas.
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In Mississippi GOP Gov Reeves’ Reelection Bid, Dems See Close Race, Good 2024 Trend
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves delivers a televised address prior to signing a bill retiring the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem during a ceremony at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 30, 2020. - Lawmakers in Mississippi voted June 28 to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protests drew renewed attention to symbols of the United States' racist past.
The measure passed with a 91-23 majority vote in the House of Representatives, triggering cheers in the Senate gallery. A few hours later, the Senate voted 37-14 for the bill. (Photo by Rogelio V. Solis / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ROGELIO V. SOLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
