Mississippi Megathread 2023

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No Blue Dog Democrat is getting elected governor in Mississippi ever again.  If even Jim Hood couldn't make it in 2019, Brandon Pressley certainly can't.  

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Courtesy of Ballotpedia, I found out an interesting bit of history was just made recently -for the first time since Reconstruction, there are enough Republicans running for either chamber without Democratic opponents such that the control of the legislature has already been ensured without a single ballot being cast.

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Look at numbers: in Alabama only 1 white Democratic state Senator remains (and 2 white state representatives) - all from majority Black districts AFAIK... The same (approximately) will be in Mississippi, where most remaining white Democrats retire this year (and one - switched to Indie in this term, and now - running as a Republican, despite generally centrist voting for years). Only slightly better - in Louisiana.

I didn't think the Mississippi Democratic Party had that much further to fall, but apparently you think they haven't hit rock bottom yet.  

So how much larger do you think the Republican majority in the Mississippi legislature will be after this November?  Here is the current breakdown:

Mississippi Senate:

Republicans: 36
Democrats: 16

Mississippi House:

Republicans: 76
Democrats: 42
independents: 3
vacant: 1

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Jim Crow remains alive in Mississippi thanks to the Supreme Court:

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Jim Crow-era Mississippi voting law
The state constitutional amendment from 1890 was intended to disproportionately remove voting rights from Black people convicted of certain crimes.


source: the Clarion-Ledger

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Presley had conceded.  Still 143,000 votes left.

There go my hopes of Brandon Pressley becoming the John Bel Edwards of Mississippi.  

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/07/mississippi-election-results-governor/

Still, he ran a good, competitive race for such a deeply conservative, Republican state.
 
Results should closely match the 2019 gubernatorial race.

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With Jim Hood and now Brandon Pressley now out of the running, is there anyone the Mississippi Democratic Party has left in the pipeline who can make the next gubernatorial election in 2027 as competitive as they did?  Or is this the end of the road for Blue Dogs in the state?  If so, we might as well start getting used to Republicans winning the governor's mansion by the same 60-40 margin they won the lower row offices this year.