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Election 2023 | US Governor Elections | Mississippi Races

2023 Mississippi Gubernatorial Election Results

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Tate Reeves 
Percent: 50.94%        
Votes: 418,233

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Brandon Presley
Percent: 47.70%        
Votes: 391,614  

Race Summary

Incumbent Republican Governor Tate Reeves was narrowly re‑elected on November 7, 2023, winning 50.94 % of the vote against Democratic challenger Brandon Presley’s 47.70 %—making it the closest Mississippi gubernatorial race won by a Republican since 1999.

Full Results

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 50.94%
Votes: 418,233 

 

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 47.70%
Votes: 391,614

 

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.36%
Votes: 11,153 

 

Total votes: 821,000

State Map

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Results by County

Adams County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 37.29%
Votes: 3,516

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 61.33%
Votes: 5,782

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.38%
Votes: 130

Total votes: 9,428

Benton County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 56.55%
Votes: 1,632

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 41.13%
Votes: 1,187

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.32%
Votes: 67

Total votes: 2,886

Chickasaw County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 42.55%
Votes: 2,404

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 56.35%
Votes: 3,184

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.10%
Votes: 62

Total votes: 5,650

Clay County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 35.21%
Votes: 2,509

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 63.81%
Votes: 4,547

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.98%
Votes: 70

Total votes: 7,126

DeSoto County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 57.75%
Votes: 21,378

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 40.99%
Votes: 15,171

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.26%
Votes: 466

Total votes: 37,015

Greene County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 71.32%
Votes: 2,472

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 25.07%
Votes: 869

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 3.61%
Votes: 125

Total votes: 3,466

Hinds County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 19.99%
Votes: 13,634

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 79.19%
Votes: 54,006

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 562

Total votes: 68,202

Itawamba County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 74.91%
Votes: 5,170

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 23.63%
Votes: 1,631

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.46%
Votes: 101

Total votes: 6,902

Jefferson County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 10.91%
Votes: 296

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 87.91%
Votes: 2,385

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.18%
Votes: 32

Total votes: 2,713

Lamar County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 68.24%
Votes: 11,456

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 30.25%
Votes: 5,079

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.51%
Votes: 254

Total votes: 16,789

Lee County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 55.68%
Votes: 13,024

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 43.55%
Votes: 10,186

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 180

Total votes: 23,390

Madison County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 50.69%
Votes: 19,704

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 48.65%
Votes: 18,909

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 255

Total votes: 38,868

Montgomery County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 49.63%
Votes: 1,614

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 49.11%
Votes: 1,597

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.26%
Votes: 41

Total votes: 3,252

Oktibbeha County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 42.42%
Votes: 5,400

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 56.50%
Votes: 7,192

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.08%
Votes: 138

Total votes: 12,730

Pike County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 43.26%
Votes: 5,123

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 54.89%
Votes: 6,500

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.85%
Votes: 219

Total votes: 11,842

Rankin County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 65.69%
Votes: 29,025

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 33.46%
Votes: 14,784

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.85%
Votes: 377

Total votes: 44,186

Smith County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 68.59%
Votes: 3,393

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 29.84%
Votes: 1,476

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.58%
Votes: 78

Total votes: 4,947

Tate County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 60.92%
Votes: 5,284

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 36.82%
Votes: 3,193

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.26%
Votes: 196

Total votes: 8,673

Union County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 72.63%
Votes: 5,481

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 26.41%
Votes: 1,993

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.95%
Votes: 72

Total votes: 7,546

Wayne County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 56.25%
Votes: 4,244

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 41.33%
Votes: 3,118

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.43%
Votes: 183

Total votes: 7,545

Yalobusha County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 48.65%
Votes: 2,130

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 49.63%
Votes: 2,173

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.71%
Votes: 75

Total votes: 4,378

Alcorn County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 72.48%
Votes: 6,138

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 26.04%
Votes: 2,205

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.48%
Votes: 125

Total votes: 8,468

Bolivar County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 28.68%
Votes: 2,405

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 70.19%
Votes: 5,886

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.13%
Votes: 95

Total votes: 8,386

Choctaw County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 63.29%
Votes: 1,786

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 34.76%
Votes: 981

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.95%
Votes: 55

Total votes: 2,822

Coahoma County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 22.71%
Votes: 1,196

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 75.85%
Votes: 3,994

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.44%
Votes: 76

Total votes: 5,266

Forrest County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 48.95%
Votes: 8,999

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 49.68%
Votes: 9,134

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.37%
Votes: 251

Total votes: 18,384

Grenada County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 45.57%
Votes: 3,649

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 52.96%
Votes: 4,241

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.47%
Votes: 118

Total votes: 8,008

Holmes County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 14.33%
Votes: 834

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 84.53%
Votes: 4,918

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.13%
Votes: 66

Total votes: 5,818

Jackson County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 61.97%
Votes: 17,685

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 36.60%
Votes: 10,446

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.43%
Votes: 407

Total votes: 28,538

Jones County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 65.03%
Votes: 13,333

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 32.76%
Votes: 6,718

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.21%
Votes: 453

Total votes: 20,504

Lauderdale County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 55.47%
Votes: 10,066

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 43.24%
Votes: 7,847

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.29%
Votes: 235

Total votes: 18,148

Leflore County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 20.00%
Votes: 1,442

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 78.98%
Votes: 5,695

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.03%
Votes: 74

Total votes: 7,211

Marion County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 60.40%
Votes: 4,471

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 38.17%
Votes: 2,825

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.43%
Votes: 106

Total votes: 7,402

Neshoba County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 67.61%
Votes: 4,644

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 30.89%
Votes: 2,122

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.50%
Votes: 103

Total votes: 6,869

Panola County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 47.17%
Votes: 5,443

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 50.69%
Votes: 5,850

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.14%
Votes: 247

Total votes: 11,540

Pontotoc County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 70.82%
Votes: 6,420

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 27.77%
Votes: 2,517

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.41%
Votes: 128

Total votes: 9,065

Scott County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 50.81%
Votes: 4,018

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 47.42%
Votes: 3,750

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.77%
Votes: 140

Total votes: 7,908

Stone County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 69.22%
Votes: 3,629

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 28.70%
Votes: 1,505

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.08%
Votes: 109

Total votes: 5,243

Tippah County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 69.91%
Votes: 3,970

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 29.00%
Votes: 1,647

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.09%
Votes: 62

Total votes: 5,679

Walthall County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 53.01%
Votes: 2,713

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 45.31%
Votes: 2,319

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.68%
Votes: 86

Total votes: 5,118

Webster County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 71.84%
Votes: 2,480

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 27.11%
Votes: 936

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.04%
Votes: 36

Total votes: 3,452

Yazoo County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 43.23%
Votes: 3,076

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 55.29%
Votes: 3,934

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.48%
Votes: 105

Total votes: 7,115

Amite County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 57.97%
Votes: 2,946

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 39.85%
Votes: 2,025

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.18%
Votes: 111

Total votes: 5,082

Calhoun County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 62.56%
Votes: 2,836

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 35.98%
Votes: 1,631

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.46%
Votes: 66

Total votes: 4,533

Claiborne County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 12.25%
Votes: 380

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 86.17%
Votes: 2,672

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.58%
Votes: 49

Total votes: 3,101

Copiah County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 42.93%
Votes: 4,010

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 55.72%
Votes: 5,205

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.35%
Votes: 126

Total votes: 9,341

Franklin County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 58.53%
Votes: 1,884

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 39.45%
Votes: 1,270

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.02%
Votes: 65

Total votes: 3,219

Hancock County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 71.07%
Votes: 7,503

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 27.43%
Votes: 2,896

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.50%
Votes: 158

Total votes: 10,557

Humphreys County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 22.18%
Votes: 691

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 76.47%
Votes: 2,382

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.35%
Votes: 42

Total votes: 3,115

Jasper County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 42.41%
Votes: 2,538

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 55.72%
Votes: 3,334

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.87%
Votes: 112

Total votes: 5,984

Kemper County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 35.02%
Votes: 1,316

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 63.68%
Votes: 2,393

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.30%
Votes: 49

Total votes: 3,758

Lawrence County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 56.06%
Votes: 2,504

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 42.47%
Votes: 1,897

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.48%
Votes: 66

Total votes: 4,467

Lincoln County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 62.64%
Votes: 7,109

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 35.84%
Votes: 4,067

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.52%
Votes: 173

Total votes: 11,349

Marshall County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 47.86%
Votes: 4,384

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 50.30%
Votes: 4,608

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.84%
Votes: 169

Total votes: 9,161

Newton County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 63.50%
Votes: 4,015

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 34.83%
Votes: 2,202

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.68%
Votes: 106

Total votes: 6,323

Pearl River County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 76.27%
Votes: 8,445

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 21.67%
Votes: 2,400

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.06%
Votes: 228

Total votes: 11,073

Prentiss County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 65.90%
Votes: 4,082

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 32.66%
Votes: 2,023

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.44%
Votes: 89

Total votes: 6,194

Sharkey County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 23.25%
Votes: 366

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 75.35%
Votes: 1,186

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.40%
Votes: 22

Total votes: 1,574

Sunflower County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 24.70%
Votes: 1,490

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 73.64%
Votes: 4,443

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.66%
Votes: 100

Total votes: 6,033

Tishomingo County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 73.00%
Votes: 4,174

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 24.76%
Votes: 1,416

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.24%
Votes: 128

Total votes: 5,718

Warren County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 45.12%
Votes: 6,079

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 53.37%
Votes: 7,190

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.51%
Votes: 204

Total votes: 13,473

Wilkinson County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 31.25%
Votes: 955

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 65.09%
Votes: 1,989

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 3.66%
Votes: 112

Total votes: 3,056

Attala County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 50.41%
Votes: 2,984

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 48.28%
Votes: 2,858

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.32%
Votes: 78

Total votes: 5,920

Carroll County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 58.45%
Votes: 2,235

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 40.25%
Votes: 1,539

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.31%
Votes: 50

Total votes: 3,824

Clarke County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 60.05%
Votes: 3,575

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 38.06%
Votes: 2,266

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.88%
Votes: 112

Total votes: 5,953

Covington County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 56.14%
Votes: 3,541

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 42.14%
Votes: 2,658

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.71%
Votes: 108

Total votes: 6,307

George County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 82.50%
Votes: 3,884

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 15.65%
Votes: 737

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.85%
Votes: 87

Total votes: 4,708

Harrison County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 56.19%
Votes: 24,216

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 42.46%
Votes: 18,301

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.35%
Votes: 582

Total votes: 43,099

Issaquena County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 44.76%
Votes: 192

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 53.38%
Votes: 229

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.86%
Votes: 8

Total votes: 429

Jefferson Davis County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 34.38%
Votes: 1,474

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 64.41%
Votes: 2,762

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.21%
Votes: 52

Total votes: 4,288

Lafayette County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 51.45%
Votes: 7,671

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 47.24%
Votes: 7,044

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.31%
Votes: 195

Total votes: 14,910

Leake County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 54.21%
Votes: 3,563

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 44.20%
Votes: 2,905

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.58%
Votes: 104

Total votes: 6,572

Lowndes County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 45.86%
Votes: 8,127

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 52.95%
Votes: 9,382

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.19%
Votes: 211

Total votes: 17,720

Monroe County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 53.09%
Votes: 6,022

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 46.24%
Votes: 5,246

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 76

Total votes: 11,344

Noxubee County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 18.21%
Votes: 662

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 81.16%
Votes: 2,951

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 0.63%
Votes: 23

Total votes: 3,636

Perry County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 67.96%
Votes: 2,598

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 29.77%
Votes: 1,138

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.28%
Votes: 87

Total votes: 3,823

Quitman County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 27.31%
Votes: 642

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 70.23%
Votes: 1,651

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.47%
Votes: 58

Total votes: 2,351

Simpson County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 57.60%
Votes: 4,385

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 41.22%
Votes: 3,138

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.18%
Votes: 90

Total votes: 7,613

Tallahatchie County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 34.01%
Votes: 1,368

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 64.52%
Votes: 2,595

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.47%
Votes: 59

Total votes: 4,022

Tunica County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 23.56%
Votes: 496

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 73.92%
Votes: 1,556

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 2.52%
Votes: 53

Total votes: 2,105

Washington County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 23.89%
Votes: 2,475

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 75.11%
Votes: 7,782

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.00%
Votes: 104

Total votes: 10,361

Winston County

Tate Reeves (REP)
Percent: 48.71%
Votes: 3,130

Brandon Presley (DEM)
Percent: 50.03%
Votes: 3,215

Gwendolyn Gray (IND)
Percent: 1.26%
Votes: 81

Total votes: 6,426

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