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 (DIR) Post #ASgLSS7qbMHXjvGsWu by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-14T20:51:13Z
       
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       NEW: Democrat Brandon Presley has a 4-point lead over Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves amid the welfare scandal, a new poll shows.The pollster says the result "makes clear the upcoming election cycle will be very competitive in Mississippi.”Presley led Reeves 47%-43%, with 10% saying they were “undecided.”https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31094/presley-leads-reeves-for-governor-amid-mississippi-welfare-scandal-poll-shows
       
 (DIR) Post #ASgLSSfAbSw9PGrUTA by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-14T20:51:14Z
       
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       Tate Reeves was lieutenant governor in 2016-2019, when the MS Department of Human Services and others diverted more than $77 million in TANF funds away from the poor and toward wealthy individuals and their causes, like Brett Favre.Presley called Reeves “a man with zero conviction” who “looks out for himself and his rich friends instead of the people who put him into office.”https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31094/presley-leads-reeves-for-governor-amid-mississippi-welfare-scandal-poll-shows
       
 (DIR) Post #ASgLSXGXUTCngKNOGu by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-14T20:51:14Z
       
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       Mississippi voters said they held an unfavorable view of Reeves by a 54%-42% margin, with 3% saying they did “not know.”After the pollster described the Mississippi welfare scandal to voters, Reeves' unfavorables rose to 64%-25%, with 10% unsure.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31094/presley-leads-reeves-for-governor-amid-mississippi-welfare-scandal-poll-shows
       
 (DIR) Post #ASgLSYs9W6t2fGywXQ by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-14T20:51:15Z
       
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       The election for Mississippi governor may be competitive, but control of the Legislature isn't.Democrats only fielded candidates in 53 of the House's 122 districts and in 21 of the Senate's 52. They could win every race, and the GOP would keep control.Meanwhile, Libertarians recruited “the most candidates from a party other than Republican or Democrat in 100 years."https://www.mississippifreepress.org/31094/presley-leads-reeves-for-governor-amid-mississippi-welfare-scandal-poll-shows
       
 (DIR) Post #ASgLSaWFOWYLlukTfk by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-14T20:51:15Z
       
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