Mississippi Megathread 2023

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Welp, Democrats just sacrificed their last competent state official.  I like Presley, but he will not do as well as Hood in the general election.

How about Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons?

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Also, it's looking like Vicksburg mayor George Flaggs Jr will run as an independent. He could win some black Democrats and make Presley seem more moderate in comparison and force a runoff.

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Sec of State Michael Watson is considering primarying out Reeves. I don’t think he goes for it, but I think he almost certainly runs in 2027.

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As for Reeve's primary troubles - Bill Waller, Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court who forced Reeves into a runoff in 2019, is said to be seriously considering launching a rematch campaign.  

Waller did not endorse Reeves in 2019.

Waller's Dad, William Waller, Sr., was a moderate Democratic Governor from 1972-76.  I wonder what Waller, Jr's real politics are, and whether or not he'd fit in as a Democrat nowadays.  

Waller’s main policies in 2019 were a  gas tax and Medicaid expansion.