Banks’ entrance into the race comes as longtime state Appeals Court Judge Tyree Irving mounts a challenge to oust current party Chairman Bobby Moak.
Mississippi Democratic Party
This three-part series on the Mississippi Democratic Party shows that the state party has no organized structure, no clear political identity and no clear loyalty to its large base of black voters. Beginning the evening following the Mississippi Democratic Party’s historic 2019 loss, Mississippi Today interviewed more than six dozen prominent Democrats about the past, present and future of the party.