Analysis: While northeast Mississippi was once a power base for Democrats, the party’s standing in the area has declined dramatically. Brandon Presley will need to change that trend if he wants to have a chance in the 2023 governor's race.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi TodayPresley needs to reverse Hood’s 2019 northeast Mississippi results to have a chance by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today May 7, 2023 Democrat Brandon Presley’s task of defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the November general election seems insurmountable. After all, a Republican has won seven of the last eight gubernatorial elections and that lone Democratic victory came way back in 1999.
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