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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Wagster Pettus

Presley gets Mississippi Democratic nod for governor without party primary, after court ruling

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that another Democratic candidate waited too long to challenge being kept off the ballot.

Presley is trying to block Republican Gov. Tate Reeves from winning a second term in a deeply conservative state where the GOP holds all statewide offices.

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