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Andy Gipson, the incumbent Republican agriculture commissioner, speaks during Mississippi Economic Council's 2023 Hobnob at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Election preview: Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson faces challenger Robert Bradford on Nov. 7
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/07/23-5:21PM , 227 Reads 4,804 Statewide
Incumbent Republican Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson faces Democratic nominee Robert Bradford in Tuesday’s general election.
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Recriminations fly as Reeves, Presley accuse each other of lies in fiery Mississippi gubernatorial debate
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/02/23-11:11PM , 300 Reads 6,072 Statewide
Mississippi voters who tuned in Wednesday night were treated to the most heated gubernatorial debate in recent history, as Republican Tate Reeves and Democrat Brandon Presley accused each other of lying, corruption, lying, offering up bad policies and lying.
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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, seeking reelection, speaks during Mississippi Economic Council's 2023 Hobnob at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Election preview: Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann faces challenge from Ryan Grover on Nov. 7
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/02/23-10:51PM , 262 Reads 5,364 Statewide
Incumbent Republican Delbert Hosemann, seeking a second and final term as lieutenant governor, faces Democratic challenger D. Ryan Grover.

Hosemann, 76, is a native of Vicksburg, an attorney who served three terms as secretary of state before being elected lieutenant governor in 2019.
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On the last day to do so, voters waited patiently in long lines to cast their absentee ballots Saturday at the Hinds County Courthouse in downtown Jackson on Oct. 31, 2020. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Pender: Absentee balloting is low as Mississippi general election nears
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/02/23-3:41PM , 255 Reads 6,779 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

Just a week out from Tuesday’s general election, the number of absentee ballots requested by Mississippi voters is less than 69% of those requested last statewide election cycle.

Low absentee balloting typically portends a low turnout for an election.
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