{"id":1825665,"date":"2023-01-27T06:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825665"},"modified":"2023-01-27T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:37:34","slug":"democrats-seek-to-turn-deep-red-mississippi-blue-by-flipping-governors-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-to-turn-deep-red-mississippi-blue-by-flipping-governors-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Seek to Turn Deep-Red Mississippi Blue by Flipping Governor\u2019s Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-seek-to-turn-deep-red-mississippi-blue-by-flipping-governors-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825665&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ET-bill1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Activists, lawmakers, and Democratic organizations believe that they can defeat the Republican incumbent in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mississippi\">Mississippi<\/a> gubernatorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-election\">election<\/a> Due to numerous controversies that haunt the governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-tate-reeves\">Tate Reeves<\/a> has failed the people of Mississippi. Under his watch, cronyism is running rampant and taxpayers are facing the largest public corruption scandal in state history, while good job opportunities, health care, and clean water continue to be out of reach for too many families,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/democraticgovernors.org\/\">Democratic Governors Association<\/a> (DGA), Sam Newton, Deputy Communications Director, told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times reached out to the governor\u2019s office for a response to the DGA\u2019s statement, but they declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to texts obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/mississippitoday.org\/2022\/08\/12\/tate-reeves-welfare-funding\/\">Mississippi Today<\/a>, where tens of millions of dollars from a federal block grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ( TANF) were re-directed to the rich and powerful instead of the state\u2019s poorest residents.<\/p>\n<p>To recover the misappropriated money, the Mississippi Department of Human Services filed a civil suit.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats believe the scandal, added to the potential closure of nearly half of Mississippi\u2019s rural hospitals due to economic strain and a water crisis in Jackson, is enough to flip the governor\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DGA has shown that we can win anywhere, including ousting GOP incumbents in very tough environments like Kentucky, Wisconsin, and North Carolina in recent election cycles,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the several controversies that could potentially impact the governor\u2019s race, a new poll from Siena College\/<a href=\"https:\/\/mississippitoday.org\/2023\/01\/19\/tate-reeves-poll-want-new-governor\/\">Mississippi Today<\/a> It was found that 57% of voters in the state support it. \u201csomeone else\u201d as governor in 2023\u2014including 67 percent of independent voters and one-third of Republicans. The poll also revealed that Reeve\u2019s approval rating has dropped to just 40 percent among Mississippi voters.<\/p>\n<h2>Republican Reponse<\/h2>\n<p>Mississippi Republicans meanwhile maintain that despite negative polling, they have a strong record to run on to keep the governor\u2019s mansion and that Reeves has been one of the most successful governors in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DGA thought they were going to take over the governor\u2019s mansion in 2019 and they failed to do it then,\u201d The Epoch Times was informed by Frank Bordeaux, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party. \u201cThe reality is since 2019 the conservative policies that have been enacted under Governor Reeve\u2019s leadership have been the largest tax cuts in state history, the largest teacher pay raise in state history, we\u2019ve seen the largest gains in public education in state history, we\u2019ve seen the highest graduation rate we\u2019ve ever seen in state history you\u2019ve seen private investment in our state, in state history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bordeaux says the GOP has built a very organized ground game in Mississippi to combat the DGA, and that their field of candidates running for election in the state is the most diverse as it\u2019s ever been with a record number of minorities running as republicans.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Center for Public Integrity, Mississippi has nearly 39 percent of its black residents. It\u2019s a minority block that has been actively targeted by both parties and one that Matt Angle, Democratic strategist and Director of the Texas Lone Star Project told The Epoch Times could be enough to turn the deep red state of Mississippi \u2013 blue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMississippi is a good example of a small state with the demographics to have a relatively sudden political turnaround,\u201d Angle, a member of an organization that works to make Texas blue, said: \u201cIt has a large black population that, while not liberal, is becoming more organized and activated. At the same time, Republicans are not just extreme but ineffective.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Brandon Presley<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans insist that history will repeat itself in Mississippi, but Democrats believe that this time they have another advantage with Brandon Presley as their candidate for governor.<\/p>\n<p>Presley, who is the state\u2019s Northern District public service commissioner, is also a distant cousin of Elvis Presley and is a popular Democrat in a deeply red state who has a record of working across the aisle (he endorsed the reelection campaign of former President George W. Bush in 2004). He is also the youngest person ever elected as mayor in Mississippi\u2019s history, becoming mayor of Nettleton at the age of 23, and has already been endorsed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the only Democrat in the state\u2019s congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<p>In a, the commissioner announced his candidacy for governor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonPresley\/status\/1613532624428961794?s=20&#038;t=5WXSydUXY-W3lz_fKgsT8Q\">video on Twitter<\/a> Reeves was immediately targeted earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running for governor because I know Mississippi can do better,\u201d Presley. \u201cWe got a state filled with good people but horrible politicians, and that includes our governor. Tate Reeves is a man with zero conviction and maximum corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presley also jokes about his cousin in the video. \u201cthe King of Rock and Roll.\u201d Presley\u2019s grandfathers were brothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy cousin grew up just down the road in Tupelo. You\u2019ve probably heard of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presley, 45, also spoke out about his childhood and how he was able to see through cracks in his home. He also shared how his mother worked as a preschool teacher and a garment factory worker. Presley revealed that his father, an alcoholic, was killed when Presley was in the third grade.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a combination of tragedies that some strategists believe voters could empathize with or relate to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still a steep uphill climb, but a mainstream Democrat may be able to build a coalition to take out Republican leadership that is more MAGA than Mississippi,\u201d Angle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Republican Party, they remain unimpressed and claim that Democrats are trying negative campaigns, while they are focusing more on a positive message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe Mississippi is going to turn blue in 2023. I think the momentum is on our side. I think there is a lot of energy behind us, [and] I believe that we have the organization already in place and they\u2019re starting from scratch,\u201d says Bordeaux.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gained 17 Republican clubs in our state in the past two years. We have a record number of Republicans running for office from election commissioner all the way to governor,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Two other gubernatorial elections will take place in 2023, other than the governor\u2019s race in Mississippi, including races in Louisiana and Kentucky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists, lawmakers, and Democratic organizations believe that they can defeat the Republican incumbent in 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election Due to numerous controversies that haunt the governor. \u201cGovernor Tate Reeves has failed the people of Mississippi. 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