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Mar 13, 2022 · But Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, the presiding officer of the Senate who was then a Democrat but later switched to the Republican Party, blocked the “tornado” plan. Since then, with a couple of exceptions, Mississippi has not had competitive general elections for the congressional seats.
- Bobby Harrison
Oct 30, 2023 · More than four-fifths of Mississippi's legislative candidates will have no major-party opposition in the Nov. 7 general election.
Nov 5, 2023 · Mississippi's long history of voter suppression has created widespread voter fatigue among Black residents. But this year's elections have given reason for renewed optimism.
People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in a generation.
Oct 11, 2019 · Jim Hood is a political unicorn. A Democrat, Hood nonetheless has won four consecutive statewide elections in the red state of Mississippi — all of them for attorney general. Now he hopes to...
- Ian Millhiser
Oct 29, 2023 · Though contested elections were common in the 1960s and 1970s, about 35% of incumbent state lawmakers did not face either a primary or general election challenger from 1991 to 2020, according...
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Nov 9, 2023 · Republican Gov. Tate Reeves defeated Democratic challenger Brandon Presley in Mississippi's most expensive gubernatorial race. Nearly 40% of Mississippi residents are Black.
