11-06-2019, 09:57 AM
In Mississippi, Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves won a contentious and competitive race in one of the most conservative states in the country.
Reeves beat Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood by an estimated 53 percent to 46 percent margin.
While Mississippi has long been conservative, it has only recently become a reliably Republican state, as ancestral Democrats abandon their old party. Reeves will be the third consecutive Republican governor.
Democrats have controlled the governor's mansion for only four of the last 25 years.
Reeves beat Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood by an estimated 53 percent to 46 percent margin.
While Mississippi has long been conservative, it has only recently become a reliably Republican state, as ancestral Democrats abandon their old party. Reeves will be the third consecutive Republican governor.
Democrats have controlled the governor's mansion for only four of the last 25 years.