2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election

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2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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Nominee Tate Reeves Jim Hood
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote7349
Popular vote459,396414,368
Percentage51.9%46.8%
2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg
2019GubernatorialPrecincts2.0.svg
Reeves:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Hood:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Governor before election

Phil Bryant
Republican

Elected Governor

Tate Reeves
Republican

The 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to choose the next Governor of Mississippi. [1] Incumbent Governor Phil Bryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood, the only Democrat holding statewide office in Mississippi; the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. In the general election, Reeves defeated Hood by a margin of 5.08%, with Reeves significantly underperforming Trump who won the state by 17 points, 3 years prior.

Contents

Background

Situated in the Deep South as a socially conservative Bible Belt state, Mississippi is one of the most Republican states in the country. No Democrat has been elected to the governorship since Ronnie Musgrove in 1999. However, the state's Democratic Attorney General, Jim Hood, who had held his office since 2004 and had yet to lose a statewide election, put the Republicans' winning streak of four elections in a row to the test, as the race became unusually competitive. Reeves defeated Hood in the general election by a margin of 5.1%, making this the closest a Democrat had come to winning a Mississippi gubernatorial election since 1999. Hood pulled off the best performance by a Democrat since the 2003 Mississippi gubernatorial election, when fellow Democrat Ronnie Musgrove took 45.81% of the vote. [2] Hood flipped the counties of Chickasaw, Lafayette, Madison, Panola, and Warren, which had all voted for Republican Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election.

Uniquely among the states, the Constitution of Mississippi establishes a sort of electoral college at the state level. For the election of governor. Article 5, Section 140 of the state constitution states that each state House district is assigned an electoral vote, and that a candidate running for governor must receive a majority of electoral votes (essentially, they must win a majority of state House districts) in addition to winning a majority of the popular vote in order to be elected governor. [3] Article 5, Section 141 of the state constitution states that if no candidate wins both a popular and electoral vote majority, the state House of Representatives is assigned to decide the winner, choosing from the two highest popular vote winners. [4] This provision came into play only one time in the state's history; Democratic candidate Ronnie Musgrove in the 1999 gubernatorial election garnered a plurality, but not a majority; the House selected Musgrove. [5]

In the lead-up to the election, controversy emerged over these constitutional provisions establishing a state system of electoral votes, with a federal lawsuit claiming the provisions are racially biased. [6] These provisions were put in place with the 1890 Mississippi Constitution, itself established by the segregationist Redeemers and overturning the Reconstruction-era 1868 Constitution, as part of Jim Crow Era policy to minimize the power of African Americans in politics. [6] Because of this, as well as present gerrymandering that packs African Americans into a small number of districts, the plaintiffs claim the provisions should be struck down on the basis of racial bias. [5]

On 3 November 2020 an amendment was passed removing the electoral college with 79% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Tate Reeves
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Representatives
State-wide officials
State legislator
Mayors
Organizations
Individuals
Bill Waller Jr.
State legislators
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Robert
Foster		Tate
Reeves		Bill
Waller Jr.		Undecided
Mason-Dixon July 24–27, 2019500± 4.5%13%41%31%15%
Impact Management Group June 10–14, 2019354± 5.3%9%50%19%28%
Mason-Dixon January 30 – February 1, 2019400± 5.0%9%62%–29%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Lynn
Fitch		Tate
Reeves		Undecided
JMC Analytics February 15–17, 2018500± 4.4%12%21%67%
Mason-Dixon December 13–15, 2017400± 5.0%18%37%45%

Results

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First round results by county:
  Reeves
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Waller
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Foster
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tate Reeves 187,312 48.9
Republican Bill Waller Jr. 128,010 33.4
Republican Robert Foster67,75817.7
Total votes383,080 100.0

Runoff

Runoff results by county Reeves 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Waller 50-60% 60-70% 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial Republican primary runoff results map by county.svg
Runoff results by county
  Reeves
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Waller
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary runoff results [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tate Reeves 179,623 54.1
Republican Bill Waller Jr.152,20145.9
Total votes331,824 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Michael Brown [43]
  • William Bond Compton Jr., candidate for governor of Mississippi in 2007 and 2011, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014, nominee for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 83rd district in 2015 [43]
  • Robert J. Ray [43]
  • Robert Shuler Smith, Hinds County district attorney [44]
  • Gregory Wash [43]
  • Velesha Williams, former director for the Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition and former U.S. Army officer [45] [10]
  • Albert Wilson, businessman and community organizer [46]

Withdrawn

  • Phillip West, former state representative and former mayor of Natchez (endorsed Jim Hood) [47]

Declined

Endorsements

Jim Hood
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Statewide officials
State legislators

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Jim
Hood		Robert
Shuler Smith		Undecided
Triumph Campaigns January 29, 20182,145± 1.8%36%34%30%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Jim
Hood		Chokwe Antar
Lumumba		Undecided
Triumph Campaigns January 29, 20182,145± 1.8%49%27%23%

Results

Results by county: Hood 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Mississippi Governor Democratic Primary Results, 2019.svg
Results by county:
  Hood
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Hood 208,634 69.0
Democratic Michael Brown33,24711.0
Democratic Velesha Williams20,8446.9
Democratic Robert Shuler Smith20,3956.7
Democratic Robert Ray5,6091.8
Democratic William Bond Compton Jr.5,3211.8
Democratic Albert Wilson5,1221.7
Democratic Gregory Wash3,2181.1
Total votes302,390 100.0

Other candidates

Constitution Party

Declared

Independents

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [52] Lean ROctober 15, 2019
Inside Elections [53] Lean RNovember 8, 2019
Sabato's Crystal Ball [54] Lean RNovember 8, 2019

Debates

DatesLocationHoodReevesLink
October 10, 2019 University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg 		ParticipantParticipant
October 14, 2019 WCBI Studios
Columbus 		ParticipantParticipant

Endorsements

Tate Reeves (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Members of Congress
Statewide officials
State legislators
Mayors
Organizations
Individuals
Jim Hood (D)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Statewide officials
State legislators
Mayors
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Tate
Reeves (R)		Jim
Hood (D)		David
Singletary (I)		Bob
Hickingbottom (C)		Undecided
NBC/Survey Monkey October 8–22, 20191,002 (RV)± 4.7%47%40%7%2%3%
Targoz Market Research October 13–20, 2019384 (LV)–47%46%––7%
Mason-Dixon October 17–19, 2019625 (LV)± 4.0%46%43%––9%
Hickman Analytics October 13–16, 2019508 (LV)± 4.4%42%46%–––
Hickman Analytics (D) [upper-alpha 1] September 22–26, 2019500 (LV)± 4.0%42%45%–––
Hickman Analytics (D) [upper-alpha 1] August 11–15, 2019600 (LV)± 4.0%42%43%–––
NBC News/SurveyMonkey July 2–16, 20191,171 (RV)± 4.2%51%42%––6%
Impact Management Group June 10–14, 2019610 (LV)± 4.0%48%36%4%–12%
Hickman Analytics (D) [upper-alpha 1] May 5–9, 2019604 (LV)± 4.0%40%45%–––
Mason-Dixon January 30 – February 1, 2019625 (RV)± 4.0%42%44%––14%
OnMessage Inc. (R) [upper-alpha 2] January 28–30, 2019600 (RV)± 3.5%51%36%––13%
Mason-Dixon April 12–14, 2018625 (RV)± 4.0%39%44%––17%
Chism Strategies/Millsaps College December 15–19, 2017578 (RV)± 4.1%45%38%––18%
Mason-Dixon December 13–15, 2017625 (RV)± 4.0%37%43%––20%
Hypothetical polling
with Tate Reeves, Jim Hood, and Bill Waller Jr.
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Tate
Reeves (R)		Jim
Hood (D)		Bill
Waller Jr. (I)		Undecided
Mason-Dixon January 30 – February 1, 2019625 (RV)± 4.0%38%40%9%13%
with Bill Waller Jr. and Jim Hood
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Bill
Waller Jr. (R)		Jim
Hood (D)		David
Singletary (I)		Undecided
NBC News/SurveyMonkey July 2–16, 20191,171 (RV)± 4.2%53%41%–6%
Impact Management Group June 10–14, 2019610 (LV)± 4.0%43%36%4%17%

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Tate Reeves Republican Party 459,39651.917359.84
Jim Hood Democratic Party 414,36846.834940.16
David Singletary Independent 8,5220.96
Bob Hickingbottom Constitution Party 2,6250.30
Total884,911100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by the Jim Hood campaign
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Tate Reeves campaign

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