Running list: Declared, rumored 2019 candidates for statewide office
The following is a list Mississippi Today has compiled and will continue to update of people who have announced for statewide office or are rumored to be running.
GOVERNOR
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, has not officially announced yet, but his candidacy for governor in 2019 became a certainty on the day he was re-elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 2015.
Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, announced in his hometown of Houston October that he is running for governor.
Velesha Williams of Madison says she plans to run in the Democratic primary. She is the former director of the Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition.
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