{"id":1994226,"date":"2023-08-08T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:40:14","slug":"whos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Democratic candidate challenging Gov. Tate Reeves in Mississippi&#8217;s primary?"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary%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=1994226&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--><h2>The\u2064 Battle for Governorship in Mississippi<\/h2>\n<p>As the Mississippi primary election commences, the\u200d battle for governorship is the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-block-investigation-into-dem-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"House Dems Block Investigation Into Dem Senate Candidate\">high-profile statewide race<\/a>\u200b on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Voters are \u2062poised to nominate incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) and Democratic Public Service\u2064 Commissioner Brandon Presley to face \u2062off in the general election this fall. The Republican Party currently has a majority in the state, holding the offices of \u2062governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both\u200c chambers of the state legislature. The GOP has had a hold on the\u2063 Mississippi governorship for the past 20 years, but a change may be on the \u2063horizon.<\/p>\n<h3>The Four Democrats Who Could Attempt to Unseat Biden in 2024 Election<\/h3>\n<p>Presley, a distant cousin of \u200dElvis Presley, is the highest\u2062 elected Democratic state \u200cofficial in Mississippi, potentially paving the way to flip the \u200dgovernor&#8217;s seat blue. A June \u200cpoll of Mississippians likely to vote in the 2023 GOP primary\u2062 showed 21%\u2064 of Republicans \u2062were likely to vote \u2062for Presley. Those numbers could come to fruition in the Tuesday election.<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything we know about Presley, the unopposed Democratic candidate.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Background<\/h3>\n<p>At the age of 23, Presley ran for mayor in\u200b his hometown of Nettleton, Mississippi, winning with 78% of the vote in\u200c 2001 and becoming one of the youngest mayors in \u2064state\u2062 history. \u200cPresley served for several years before running for Public Service Commissioner for the Northern \u2063District of\u2064 Mississippi, where he won his \u2064race and has been reelected three times.<\/p>\n<h3>Where He Stands on the Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Presley describes himself as a \u201cPopulist, FDR-Billy McCoy Democrat\u201d and strongly supports campaign finance reform, running his platform on opposing corruption and \u2062advocating ethical spending.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s committed to expanding\u2062 Medicaid, promising \u2064to launch his healthcare plan for Mississippi on\u2062 the\u200b first day \u200bhe takes office, which includes keeping hospitals open and creating resources to compare prescription drug prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTate Reeves has taken over\u2062 $480,000 from health insurance and \u2063big drug\u2063 companies, and\u2063 he\u2019s done their\u200d bidding by keeping healthcare costs high while Mississippians struggle to \u2062get the \u200bcare they need to stay healthy,\u201d Presley said.<\/p>\n<p>Diverting \u2064from his\u2064 party,\u2063 Presley has said he wouldn&#8217;t\u200d work to overturn the ban\u2063 in Mississippi on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-the-democrat-running-against-gov-tate-reeves-ahead-of-mississippis-governor-primary\/\" title=\"Who is the Democratic candidate challenging Gov. Tate Reeves in Mississippi's primary?\">transgender youth \u200dundergoing medical procedures<\/a> such as hormone therapy or \u200cother \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-da-desantis-suspended-allegedly-took-taxpayer-funded-trips-to-attend-leftist-da-group-events-report\/\" title=\"Woke DA DeSantis Suspended Allegedly Took Taxpayer-Funded Trips To Attend Leftist DA Group Events: Report\">gender-transition treatments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a man of faith\u200b who\u200d is pro-life, I\u2019ve never once had an issue disagreeing with\u2064 my party when they\u2019re wrong,\u200d so I\u2019ll be clear: I \u2063don\u2019t think boys should be playing against girls, and \u2063girls shouldn\u2019t be playing against \u2063boys,\u201d Presley told Mississippi Today last month. &#8220;I don\u2019t think minors should be getting\u200b surgery to change their gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His position on abortion is vastly different from most in the\u2062 Democratic Party, \u2063telling the New York Times that\u2064 to him being anti-abortion means supporting and funding hospitals, doctors, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">emergency services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Presley is focusing his campaign on\u2063 fixing the\u2064 state\u2019s economy, which he believes is harming the middle class and the poor while contributing to the wealthy.<\/p>\n<h3>2023 Gubernatorial Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>The Democrat who has no problem crossing \u2063party \u200dlines announced \u2063his run for governor in January.<\/p>\n<p>Presley has attacked \u2064Reeves over a welfare misspending scandal that occurred when Reeves was serving as lieutenant governor for several years starting in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Tate Reeves, millions were steered \u2064from education and job programs to help his rich friends,&#8221; an \u200dattack ad from Presley states in an attempt to expose one of the largest corruption scandals in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200dfacts are clear that the \u200btransgressions \u200boccurred before Tate Reeves was governor, and he\u2064 has supported vigorous and \u2063effective prosecution \u2063against those involved,\u201d a response from Reeves&#8217;s campaign said.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves pledged to give\u2062 campaign\u2064 donations to people who\u200b were arrested in 2020 on misspending charges \u200crelated to welfare money that was supposed\u2064 to\u200c help \u2062the lower class. Mississippi Department of Human Services\u200d Executive Director John Davis and five others were \u2062arrested. The Republican \u200cgovernor has denied any involvement in \u2062which projects received \u200dfunds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Mississippi primary begins, the governorship race takes center stage. Incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) and Democratic Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley are set to compete in the general election. 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