Robert Foster is running for Governor as a Republican in Mississippi’s 2019 statewide election.
Election 2019
‘This race is kind of heating up’: Hood sits back and watches as Republicans battle each other at Neshoba
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Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves continued to focus on the attorney general but did reference his opponents Bill Waller Jr. and Rep. Robert Foster. Meanwhile, Gov. Bryant and Speaker Gunn defend the performance of the state’s economy.
Election 2019
Reeves gently crosses swords with Waller and Foster, shifting tactics in the final weeks before Republican primary
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In the first and only televised debate before the Aug. 6 primaries, the three Republican contenders for governor offer differing visions of Mississippi
Election 2019
Republican gubernatorial candidates go head to head in televised debate Tuesday night
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Televised debate an important night for candidates.
Government
Politicians have been slashing taxes, but poll indicates Mississippians willing to pay higher taxes
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Majority of people willing to pay higher taxes to fund infrastructure and education.; 59 percent say the state government is doing a poor job at maintaining infrastructure.
Election 2019
Medicaid expansion big issue for gubernatorial candidates but not Mississippi voters
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Poll finds 48 percent of Republicans would be less likely to support a candidate who supported Medicaid expansion, while 61 percent of Democrats say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supported Medicaid expansion.
2019 Gubernatorial Candidates
Waller, GOP guv hopeful and ex-chief justice, cites ‘common sense’ in also not meeting with women alone
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Recently retired from the Mississippi Supreme Court, Waller is the second Republican candidate in recent days to say he practices the so-called Bill Graham rule. Waller added he never met alone with female colleagues or law clerks in his 22 years with the court
2019 Gubernatorial Candidates
‘We’ve built an army’: Tate Reeves is unapologetic and unbothered by critics. With a titanic war chest and legions of volunteers, he’s laser focused on Democrat Jim Hood
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The 45-year-old lieutenant governor knows fiscal policy as well as anyone. So why is he talking so much about about Hollywood, Nike and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Election 2019
Waller: ‘I have never in my life seen somebody raise money like one of my opponents’
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Reeves’s campaign war chest filled for stretch primary run; Democratic front-runner Jim Hood’s campaign says they have raised nearly $1.3 million in the past six months.
Rep. Foster uses ads, fundraising call to stoke firestorm over his campaign freezing out female reporter
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Rival campaigns wonder how big of a bump the freshman lawmaker gets from the news of his campaign barring a female reporter campaign access without a male chaperone
Election 2019
Robert Foster, GOP governor candidate, denies woman reporter access because of her gender
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A top campaign aide told reporter Larrison Campbell she needed to bring a male colleague to ride along with the candidate; Mississippi Today declined
Election 2019
Should the person who wins the popular vote be governor? We asked top Democratic and Republican candidates
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Mississippi is the only state in the nation where a candidate could win a majority of the vote and not win a statewide office. The system is currently being challenged in federal court by four state residents.
In GOP governor’s race, Waller hits the May campaign trail harder than Foster and Reeves
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The former state supreme court chief justice visited the most counties of three Republicans seeking the governor’s office
Election 2019
Reeves banks $6.3 million, far outdistancing all others in governor campaign money race
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Primary elections in Mississippi take place Aug. 6
Election 2019
Jim Hood, a self-styled pro-life Democrat, draws rebuke from the right and the left on abortion
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As anti-abortion bills in several states made national headlines this week, the frontrunner for Democrats’ nomination for governor made his boldest statements on abortions of the campaign
Analysis
Reeves’ Republican foes in governor’s race must find way to overcome his statewide name recognition advantage
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Both Bill Waller Jr. and Rep. Robert Foster are canvassing the state, trying to cut into Reeves’ advantage. But politicians who have run statewide before say it takes money – a lot of money.