While Mississippi has the highest share of African Americans of any state in the country, not a single African American has won state-level, statewide office since Reconstruction
The winner of Mississippi's gubernatorial election Tuesday will not only have to capture the state's popular vote, but will also have to prevail in the state's uniquefor electing a governor and other statewide officials that was established during the Jim Crow era.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, is running against Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat. While Hood already faces a challenge in capturing the state's popular vote, the state's unusual election process could alsoA candidate needs a majority in the popular vote and needs to win a majority of Mississippi's 122 state house districts.
Critics of the system have said it"dilutes" the African American vote in favor of white districts and officeholders. A federal judge ruled Friday that the unique election process will remain in place for Tuesday's election despite a lawsuit filed earlier this year by fouragainst Mississippi GOP Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Mississippi GOP House Speaker Philip Gunn, accusing the state of violating the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution as well as a section of the Voting Rights Act.
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