{"id":1994718,"date":"2023-08-08T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-gov-tate-reeves-facing-2-challengers-in-tuesdays-republican-gubernatorial-primary\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:19:13","slug":"mississippi-gov-tate-reeves-facing-2-challengers-in-tuesdays-republican-gubernatorial-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-gov-tate-reeves-facing-2-challengers-in-tuesdays-republican-gubernatorial-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves faces 2 challengers in Tuesday&#8217;s GOP primary."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmississippi-gov-tate-reeves-facing-2-challengers-in-tuesdays-republican-gubernatorial-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=1994718&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>Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves \u200cHighlights Record-Low Unemployment in\u2062 Bid \u200bfor Second Term<\/h2>\n<p>Mississippi&#8217;s \u200dRepublican\u2064 Governor, Tate Reeves, is proudly showcasing the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-gov-tate-reeves-facing-2-challengers-in-tuesdays-republican-gubernatorial-primary\/\" title=\"Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves faces 2 challengers in Tuesday's GOP primary.\">record-low unemployment\u2064 rate<\/a> as he \u200bseeks \u200bre-election for a second term. Reeves is currently facing two\u200b challengers from within \u200chis\u2063 own party\u200c in the upcoming\u2062 gubernatorial primary on\u2062 August 8.<\/p>\n<h3>A Democratic Opponent\u200c with \u2063a Familiar Name<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u200bon the Democratic side, Brandon Presley, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amy-schumer-donated-15k-oscars-earnings-to-planned-parenthood-and-swears-she-didnt-steal-that-dicaprio-joke-from-twitter\/\" title=\"Amy Schumer Donated K Oscars Earnings To Planned Parenthood And Swears She Didn\u2019t Steal That DiCaprio Joke From Twitter\">distant cousin<\/a> of \u200bthe \u2064legendary Elvis Presley, is running unopposed in the \u2064primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>  &#8220;I am proud of the progress we have made in Mississippi, \u200cparticularly in\u200b our efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/welfare-pays-more-than-regular-jobs-in-many-states\/\" title=\"Welfare Pays More Than Regular Jobs in Many States\">reduce unemployment<\/a> to historic lows,&#8221; Reeves \u200cstated confidently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the race\u200d heats up, both the 49-year-old Governor\u2063 Reeves and his 46-year-old Democratic \u200bopponent,\u200b Mr. Presley, are actively engaging with\u2063 voters and making their case for why they should lead the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, highlights record-low joblessness as he seeks re-election. He competes against two GOP rivals in the Aug. 8 primary. Meanwhile, Democrat candidate Brandon Presley, a distant relative of Elvis Presley, runs uncontested in the Democratic primary. Reeves, 49, and Presley, 46, are expected to face each other in the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":1994719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}