Reeves closes in on second term; GOP easily sweeps down ticket races

(The Center Square) — Incumbent Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves was on the verge late Tuesday night of a second term with a nearly 55,346-vote advantage.

Reeves was in front of Democrat Brandon Presley, cousin of the late Elvis Presley, at 10:19 p.m. local time according to unofficial results. He had 53.1% of the votes with 82% of precincts reporting.

The Northern District Public Service commissioner outraised Reeves 2-to-1, mostly from out-of-state money in one of the best Democratic gubernatorial showings in several cycles.

Dave Wasserman, the senior editor and elections analyst of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, called the race for Reeves at 9:28 p.m.

The election was marred by polling issues in Hinds County, the state’s most populous county and the home of the state capitol. Several precincts ran out of ballots. State regulations require enough ballots to be printed for at least 60% of registered voters. By 10:19 p.m., there was 40% of the votes counted in Hinds with Presley up by 20,000 votes.

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Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Dewayne Thomas extended voting to 8 p.m., an hour after polls normally close. Special Appointed Judge Jess Dickinson also issued an order allowing voting to continue until 9 p.m. at the four locations that ran short of ballots.

Down ballot, all seven of the GOP incumbents easily held off challenges by relatively unknown Democratic challengers, with races called by The Associated Press before 9 p.m.

Scoring Republican wins, each an incumbent with more than 60% of the vote, were:

• Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann (62.8%) over Democrat D. Ryan Grover.

• Attorney General Lynn Fitch (60.5%) over Democrat Greta Martin.

• Secretary of State Michael Watson (61.9%) over Democrat Ty Pinkins.

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• Auditor Shad White (60.9%) over Democrat and Anguilla Mayor Larry Bradford.

• Treasurer David McRae (60.8%) over Democrat Addie Lee Green.

• Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney (61.6%) over Democrat Bruce Burton.

• Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson (60.1%) over Robert Bradford.

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