By Lawrence Wilson JACKSON, Miss.—Republican Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi has been reelected, fending off a strong challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley to continue the GOP’s 20-year occupancy of the state’s executive mansion. The Oct. 7 victory bucked a Blue Wave of Democratic victories elsewhere in the country as Mississippians, who are fiercely proud of […]
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Mississippi is a southern U.S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its Mississippi Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues music, honored at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Also in the region is the Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving the site of a critical Civil War battle.