Brandon Presley, the Democratic candidate for governor, speaks at St.Luke M.B. Church in Dundee, Miss., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:
Democrat Brandon Presley’s task of defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the November general election seems insurmountable.
After all, a Republican has won seven of the last eight gubernatorial elections and that lone Democratic victory came way back in 1999.
