Brandon Presley

Mississippi bucked the blue wave to keep their state in Republican hands in all statewide offices.

Voter turnout is solid but motivation levels vary in a race in which both candidates claim higher voter turnout benefits them.

Both candidates play to their base in the final days of the campaign, the outcome of which may be decided by voter turnout.

Gov. Tate Reeves, dogged by a welfare scandal, is under serious pressure from Brandon Presley, who threatens the GOP’s 20-year hold on the executive mansion.