There are 13 article(s) tagged Tate Reeves:

• November 2023

  • Candidate for Mississippi governor visits Southaven to ‘narrow the gap’

    “There are a lot of voters who have been ignored in DeSoto County that no governor’s candidate has come to talk to over the years,” said Democratic candidate Brandon Presley. 

    By Kambui Bomani November 06, 2023

• September 2023

  • OSB Services relocates headquarters to Olive Branch

    OSB Services is relocating its headquarters to Olive Branch, an event that drew Gov. Tate Reeves to DeSoto County Friday for the groundbreaking.

    By Beth Sullivan September 15, 2023

• August 2023

  • Brandon Presley says DeSoto County could be ‘key’ in bid for MS governor

    Despite a small turnout of supporters in Olive Branch on Wednesday, Democratic nominee Brandon Presley thinks DeSoto County could be key in his run for governor.

    By Beth Sullivan August 09, 2023

  • Gov. Tate Reeves will face Brandon Presley in November’s election

    Reeves defeated two first-time candidates: John Witcher, a physician who has criticized COVID-19 vaccinations, and David Hardigree, a military veteran. Presley, a cousin of rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, ran unopposed.

    By The Associated Press August 08, 2023

• February 2023

  • DeSoto County bans TikTok on government-issued devices

    DeSoto County Board of Supervisors voted to ban the social media app following Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves' ban on state-issued devices.

    By Beth Sullivan February 09, 2023

• August 2021

  • Miss. Gov.: South’s response to COVID impacted by belief in ‘eternal life’

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked about the pandemic Thursday, Aug. 26, at a re-election fundraiser in Shelby County held at a replica of the Mississippi governor’s mansion. 

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2021

• November 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Six final thoughts on the 2020 election

    Among Tennessee counties, the late vote didn’t change much, but some tightening in Shelby County meant that for the first time since 2000 – when Nashville’s Al Gore was on the ballot – Davidson County was actually more “blue” than Shelby. 

    By Chris Herrington November 12, 2020

• July 2020

  • Opinion: GOP in ‘civil war’ over masks

    Masks don’t conceal identities – they reveal them, identifying the wearers during this pandemic as caring, compassionate, intelligent folk.

    By Robert Lee Long July 28, 2020

• April 2020

  • Governor not encouraging Mississippi, Arkansas COVID-19 restrictions

    Gov. Bill Lee hasn’t asked Mississippi and Arkansas governors to declare “safer at home” guidelines even though their residents could carry COVID-19 back and forth into Shelby County, which has more than 400 cases.

    By Sam Stockard April 01, 2020

• October 2019

  • Sanford: Shelby County Democrats embrace the L word

    On the night Mississippi voters are deciding between two degrees of conservatism, Shelby County Democrats will gather in Germantown to ask the question, “How Liberal Are You?”

    By Otis Sanford October 31, 2019

• August 2019

  • Nelson: Who’s smiling after Mississippi’s GOP runoff? Democrat Jim Hood

    Mississippi Republicans nominated Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, their weaker candidate for governor in Tuesday’s runoff primary. Hood, the state’s four-term attorney general, sailed to victory with 69% of the vote in his party’s Aug. 6 primary.

    By Michael Nelson August 29, 2019

• February 2019

  • Sanford: Miss. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves must clarify stance on race relations

    Mississippi’s Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is running to be the chief executive of a state where nearly 40 percent of its citizens are African-Americans. They and everyone else in Mississippi deserve to hear directly from him a definitive statement on race relations in 2019.

    By Otis Sanford February 14, 2019

• January 2019

  • Nelson: Mid-South politics – here’s what’s coming in 2019, part 2

    Michael Nelson offers his take on sports betting in Tennessee; the Mississippi governor's race; and why Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn face some interesting times in Washington.

    By Michael Nelson January 04, 2019