Brandon Presley is a Mississippi public service commissioner and former mayor of Nettleton, Mississippi, who happens to share a paternal great-grandfather with Elvis. And he's battling in one of 2023's trio of gubernatorial races.
or any of the other Democratic governors elected in recent cycles to serve in reliably red states like Kansas and Louisiana.Presley is a Mississippi public service commissioner and former mayor of Nettleton, Mississippi, who happens to share a paternal great-grandfather with Elvis. And he's battling in one ofLooking to flip a seat for the first time in two decades by defeating incumbent Republican Tate Reeves is a tall order.
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, speaks on June 23, 2022, in Jackson, Miss.Reeves' record includes cutting taxes, increasing teacher pay and boosting job development. He has also touted his efforts to improve education in the state, though his tenure in elected office is more complicated,He abruptly changed course on one signal issue that divides him from Presley, however: expanding Medicaid in the country's poorest state.
"They believe that taxes are good and businesses are bad," Reeves said. And, "They think they can teach all of us Mississippians a lesson. They do not like who we are and they do not like what we believe. They look at all we have accomplished as conservatives and they hate it." Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks at a news conference on April 19, 2023, at a state office building in Jackson, Miss.The Democratic Governors Association has been clear that their priorities in 2023 are to see Beshear reelected in Kentucky -- where he won, narrowly, in 2019 against an unpopular incumbent and with his own locally famous last name -- and to try and maintain control of the governorship in Louisiana after term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards steps down.
"The reality is, this is still a conservative state," Mississippi GOP strategist Austin Barbour said. "This is still a race where Tate Reeves is the favorite."Ahead of the general election on Nov.
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