Michael Watson confirms run for Mississippi lieutenant governor
This resolves one of the site’s most persistent field questions: Watson publicly said he is running for lieutenant governor, not governor, which takes one statewide Republican out of the governor maybe-pile and makes the governor-field map cleaner.
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- Michael Watson Watchlist name · Secretary of state · Republican
- Delbert Hosemann Credible contender · Lieutenant governor · Republican
- Andy Gipson Declared candidate · Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce · Republican
- Philip Gunn Declared candidate · Former House speaker · Republican