A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political speculation. Kentucky’s popular Democratic incumbent may have a tough race, and chalking up Louisiana and its neighbor to the east to a Republican would be typical conventional wisdom.
But “Mississippi Miracle” may well become the catch phrase of this election season. Brandon Presley is making a strong bid to become the first Democratic elected governor in the Magnolia State this century.
