Candidates Make Final Push in Close Mississippi Gubernatorial Contest

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

The Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., seen on Nov. 6, 2023. Lawrence Wilson / The Epoch Times

JACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi’s gubernatorial candidates crisscrossed the state on Nov. 6, making final appeals on the last full day of campaigning in an unusually close contest that may hinge on voter turnout.

Republican incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves saw a double-digit lead shrink to just 1 percentage point by late October under allegations of corruption leveled by Democrat challenger Brandon Presley.