Daily Kos Elections Mississippi governor primary open thread

Voters in Mississippi head to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for the general election in November. Candidates must take a majority of the vote in order to avoid a primary runoff, which would take place between the top-two vote-getters on Aug. 29 if necessary.

State Attorney General Jim Hood is the heavy favorite to be the Democratic nominee in the fall, though he faces a wide field of seven other candidates that could preclude him from avoiding a runoff.

On the Republican side, Lt. Gov Tate Reeves is the front-runner, but he’s in a three-way race with state Rep. Robert Foster and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. Polling has suggested—and Reeves himself has acknowledged—that a runoff could be in the offing.