Reeves held a Monday afternoon event in Biloxi, following his Friday night rally with President Donald Trump. Reeves’ support in the Mississippi Gulf Coast was crucial in this year’s competitive Republican Party primary. Reeves defeated Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of Mississippi’s Supreme Court. He won all three counties on the Gulf Coast. Pence stated on social media that the Magnolia State must reject Jim Hood and support Tate Reeves for their next governor. Hood made one last stop before the election begins by visiting Greenwood on Monday. Hood has visited the Delta many times during his campaign, including when he introduced his education plan in Greenville. Hood also discussed cutting the Indianola sales tax. Hood spoke Monday mainly about his campaign planks: road and bridges; education and healthcare. Hood stated that the Delta is just like the Hills in northeast Mississippi where Hood grew up. “We lost our emergency department… Rural residents are concerned about their hospitals closing. They want to be within 30 minutes of an emergency department. This is vital. This is crucial. It appears that absentee voting could make the turnout lower than in 2018. In 2018, Mississippi had two U.S. Senate election ballots. One was a special election to replace Thad Cchran, who had resigned in the middle his term. Last year’s election saw 945,467 votes – an unprecedented number for a midterm. For that election, 69.807 absentee votes were requested, and 64,004 were returned. Mississippi allows people to vote absentee when they are away from their home on Election Day, or if they have reached the age of 65. In this year’s election, 58,137 absentee votes were requested. According to the Secretary-of-State’s office, 53,663 ballots had been returned to circuit clerks as of Monday afternoon. Absentee ballots must be returned by mail no later than Monday at 5 p.m. Although the absentee ballots are smaller than those in the 2018 midterms it is still significantly higher than the 2015 statewide elections. There were 41,378 requests for absentee ballots in that election. 37,208 of these ballots were returned. A higher percentage of absentee votes often indicates a greater overall turnout. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Mississippi has over 1.9 million registered voters. It also has a population of approximately 2.2 million who are eligible to vote. To support this important work, you can make a regular donation to us today as we celebrate our Spring Member Drive.