Mabinty Quarshie is the national politics correspondent for the Washington Examiner. Before joining the Washington Examiner, Mabinty was a national political reporter and assistant elections editor at USA Today. She holds a bachelor’s from George Mason University and a master’s in journalism from Georgetown University.
Gov. Tate Reeves won his reelection bid on Tuesday night, defeating Democratic challenger Brandon Presley, who had hoped to cobble together a multiracial coalition to victory.
“We didn’t win it, they did. But we won the hearts and souls of hundreds of thousands of Mississippians,” Presley told his supporters.Heading into Election Day, the governor was projected to win his race by a similar margin to his 2019 victory in which he defeated Democratic former state Attorney General Jim Hood, 52.1% to 46.6%. At the time Presley conceded, Reeves was roughly in that ballpark, with 52.4% of the vote with 88% of votes in.
In one contentious moment, Reeves quipped that Presley would receive more votes outside of Mississippi during their race. “I went to breakfast in Caledonia last Monday morning, and I’m going to tell you something, Brandon, you’re going to get more votes in California than you get in Caledonia," Reeves said, referencing a city in Lowndes County.
Democrats, sensing Presley's momentum, came to his aid throughout the campaign cycle, with Presley outraising Reeves by more than $5 million. The Democratic Governors Association poured nearly $4 million into the race to unseat Reeves. However, the incumbent governor had more money on hand before Election Day and banked on Mississippi's deep conservative roots.
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