The Hill: “Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) will win reelection over Democrat Brandon Presley to secure a second term, according to Decision Desk HQ projections.
Reeves was expected to have the edge in Tuesday’s election, although Presley put up what many observers considered a surprisingly competitive fight to try to flip the governor’s seat in the ruby-red state.
Reeves won with the backing of former President Trump in a conservative stronghold state that hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in 20 years.
In 2019, Reeves won by 5 points against Democrat Jim Hood, then the state’s attorney general, to fill the seat left empty by his term-limited Republican predecessor.
Presley, a public service commissioner for the northern district of the state and a distant cousin of Elvis Presley, was noted as a strong candidate. Some saw opportunity for a possible flip, as Reeves faced concerns about his popularity and ties to a welfare funds scandal in the state, and considering Reeves’s narrow 2019 win.”