Republicans are hoping to win two more gubernatorial races after flipping Louisiana's seat red in October, which would build momentum for the party heading into the 2024 elections.
Voters in Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia are heading to the polls Tuesday as Republicans look to complete a trifecta of victories in crucial governor races, as well as grow their majorities in the Virginia state legislature in hopes of building momentum for the party ahead of the 2024 elections where control of the White House and both chambers of Congress will be up for grabs. Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron is vying to unseat incumbent Democrat Gov.
Wins for Republicans in Kentucky and Mississippi would mark three major victories for the party after Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry flipped the state's governor seat red last month when he defeated his opponent who was endorsed by term-limited Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Kentucky gubernatorial race appears to be the most competitive with neither candidate showing a clear advantage over the other.
In deep-red Mississippi, Republicans are fending off a surge of unexpected amounts of national Democrat money into the race despite no Democrat governor being elected there since 1999. So far, the Washington-based Democratic Governors Association has donated nearly $6 million to Presley's campaign. In 2019, the group gave just over $2 million to Jim Hood, the then-Democrat candidate for governor who lost to Reeves.
With Republicans holding an advantage in the state, Presley hopes turnout among Democrats, especially Black voters, might propel him past Reeves, who won his first term by little more than 5%. In Virginia, national Democrats and Republicans have spent millions on races for control of both houses of the state legislature with the election also being viewed in political circles as a key barometer ahead of the 2024 elections for president, control of Congress and other key governorships.
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