Campaign 2019The Republican primary for Mississippi governor pits Tate Reeves, the lieutenant governor, against Robert Foster, a state representative, and Bill Waller, a former chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court whose father was governor of Mississippi in the 1970s.
On the Democratic side, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood faces several less-known Democrats. The state’s last Democratic governor, Ronnie Musgrove, lost reelection in 2003.
If no candidate wins at least 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff on Aug. 27.
The president is also scheduled to visit a mass vaccination facility in Houston during his Texas trip.
