MISSISSIPPI AUG 27, 2019 RUNOFF ELECTION RESEARCH

Many different Sources Linked | Aug 26, 20149

[Yosemitest]

Statewide and district offices

Governor

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R)




Retired Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. (R)






Here's a good comparison of their positions "On The Issues"
Abortion
Bill Waller: Pro-life; and healthcare is a right-to-life issue.

Budget & Economy    

Civil Rights    

Corporations
   Tate Reeves: Government shouldn't pick winners and losers.
Bill Waller: Level playing field on taxes, to avoid special company deals.
   
Crime
    Tate Reeves: Blue Lives Matter: public safety workers in protected class.

Drugs

Education
    Tate Reeves: Public charter schools in failing districts.
Bill Waller: Pay raise for good teachers & to attract new ones.
    Bill Waller: Community colleges teach job skills at high schools.

Energy & Oil
    Tate Reeves: Developing rural areas could provide viable energy resources.
Bill Waller: Gas tax to sustainably fund roads & bridges.
   
Environment
   
Families & Children
    Tate Reeves: Creating family-friendly environment was a platform priority.

Free Trade

Government Reform
    Tate Reeves: Pro-gun rights; lowered barriers to concealed carry.
   
Health Care
    Tate Reeves: Let's find solutions instead of over-institutionalizing.
Bill Waller: More accessible, quality health care to address crisis.
    Bill Waller: Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS.
    Bill Waller: Address uncompensated care at rural hospitals.
    Bill Waller: Consider some form of Medicaid expansion in MS.
   
Homeland Security
    Tate Reeves: Honor Vietnam Veteran's service with 50th anniversary book.
Bill Waller: Served in Army National Guard & then on state Supreme Court.
    Bill Waller: More accessible, quality health care to address crisis.
    Bill Waller: Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS.
    Bill Waller: Address uncompensated care at rural hospitals.
    Bill Waller: Consider some form of Medicaid expansion in MS.

Immigration
    Tate Reeves: Supports law enforcement inquiry into immigration status.

Jobs
    Tate Reeves: Protect manufacturers from unfair union negotiating tactics.

Principles & Values
    Bill Waller: Service to God, to family, to state and country.
   
Tax Reform
    Tate Reeves: Reduce taxes to help small business.

Technology
    Tate Reeves: Diverting $600M to Strategic Infrastructure Investment Fund.
Bill Waller: More funds to take care of our crumbling roads and bridges.
    Bill Waller: Fixing roads and bridges so far ? A raindrop in a puddle.
    Bill Waller: Tax swap to fund infrastructure.



Attorney General

Lynn Fitch (R)


Lynn Fitch has not yet completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Lynn Fitch NCF 2019
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 2, 2019






Andy Taggart (R)



Andy Taggart for Attorney General Speech at Neshoba County Fair 8/1/19 ( 6:59 )
Andy Taggart for AG
Published on Aug 1, 2019




Northern District Transportation Commissioner

John Caldwell (R)

John Caldwell Interview with Jack Ivy 8-19-2019 only on WRMG-TV-12/97 ( 17:22 )


Geoffrey Yoste (R)

Geoffrey Yoste Runs for North MS State Transportation Commissioner ( 1:59)




There are many races that I did not cover, but I need to do my own county and beat research, and do not have time to do the complete state.
Good luck with your research, and get out and vote.
Local elections are just as important as nation wide elections, and primaries are more important than general elections.
It's the start of "draining the swamp."

[Yosemitest]

MY RECOMMENDATIONS:

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) gets my vote.
He's the lesser of two evils, an "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN" pretending to be a conservative.
Where Retired Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. (R) speaks about his priorities, he comes across as a DemocRAT pretending to be a R.I.N.O.

Andy Taggart (R) gets my vote as the lesser of two evils, because he doesn't reek of "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN" like APPOINTED Lynn Fitch (R) DOES.

My first runoff vote was for Robert Foster for Governor, and Mark Baker for Attorney General.

[onyx]

Great job!!
I concur!

The Mississippi Ping List is on my FReeper page

I’ll be home in about an hour.

[Yosemitest]

Please add any links to information on the candidates running in the Mississippi Aug 27, 2019 Primary Runoff Election in your district and beat.
Youtube videos are a great place to look for their speeches and news coverage.

[trebb]

Came to the same conclusions - wife started talking about dumping Tate because of Waller’s commercials but I showed her the reality and she’s back to Tate.
Same with Taggart - sometimes the lesser of two evils is all you have to work with.

[vetvetdoug]

In the interview with Andy Taggart by Paul Gallo, Gallo did the same thing to Taggart as he did to Chris McDaniel and conducted a “hit” job by the interview. Gallo's bias toward supporting Lynn Fitch was evident.

[GailA]

Agree, Fitch is a RINO.

[Yosemitest]

Everyone needs to watch the runoff debate, but the sound is weak:

MS GOP Gubernatorial Run-off Debate: Reeves Vs. Waller ( 29:09 )
WJTV 12 News Published on Aug 21, 2019

[Yosemitest]

Ping to debate video in Comment # 7 .

[Yosemitest]

Here's the post debate video:

Runoff Debate Post Show ( 25:53 )
WJTV 12 News
Published on Aug 21, 2019

[Yosemitest]

Taggart 'Disappointed' That Fitch Plans to Skip AG Debates
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Absence questioned at Attorney General debates
Jun 3, 2019

I guess that says a lot for Taggart and against Fitch.

[Yosemitest]

onyx, I used your ping list.

[Black Agnes]

Tater is a lesser weevil.

Waller is Hood w/o the mullet.

[Sybeck1]

I remember Lynn Fitch was a hot cheerleader. I was like in 7th grade and she was in high school. Never worked out for us. Still voted for Taggard.

Voted for Tater Tot. I hate Wallers gas tax

[Cedar]

“Today, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves announced the endorsement of Mississippi Right to Life PAC, the most prominent pro-life group in Mississippi. Their endorsement is based on candidates’ policy answers to questionnaires and public record on pro-life issues. As Lt. Governor, Tate Reeves has championed pro-life reforms, most recently pushing for the Heartbeat Bill to protect unborn children once a heartbeat has been detected.

A few weeks ago, more than 150 pastors and pro-life activists stepped forward to join Tate Reeves’ pro-life coalition. He has also earned the support of the NRA—the nation’s largest conservative grassroots group—and the ACU—the nation’s oldest conservative grassroots group—in recent weeks.”

Link:https://www.yallpolitics.com/2019/07/22/tate-reeves-endorsed-by-mississippi-right-to-life-pac/

[Yosemitest]

I think this is a standard tactic with the "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS":

Find some DemocRAT that they can bribe into running as a R.I.N.O. just to water down the vote percentages,
so as to keep the real conservative from getting 50 % plus 1 of the total votes.

Too many voters are "asleep-at-the-ballot-box" and just go by name recognition.

"Oh, this name looks familiar."
(They've seen it too many times from the flyers in their mail box.)

They never apply any time to do any real research into the candidates' history, where they stand on the issues, and their principles.

[Yosemitest]

Fitch came by this road, stopping at all the houses and passing out her card.
Every time she spoke, all I could hear was her snobbish attitude.
I asked her where she stood on school choice, and she wouldn't come down clearly on one side or the other.
She's a weasel.

[Yosemitest]

Robert Foster would have made a better Governor for Mississippi.

Let's watch what Lt. Governor Tate Reeves does as Governor, and see, but he's a typical politician, and is owned by "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS".
I think his conservatives will end the day he's sworn into office.

[Yosemitest]

CORRECTION:

I think his conservatism will end ... the day he's sworn into office.

[Cedar]

I’m out of state now but born and reared in Mississippi. Sure hope the election results are good for the great state.

[Yosemitest]

I hope so too.
I did 30 years outside of Mississippi in the USAF and the FAA.
I've seen the big cities and their rat races.

Well, the 'RATS can have them.
I'm happy with the rural life now, and I've just got my aging parents to take care of.
After that's done, and if my knees and health will let me, I want to do a few long hikes and see more of God's handiwork in nature.

Let's see if the elections work out for the best, but with the direction today's society is going, I got my doubts.
Too many of today's youth have no idea of just how much they've been lied to, and what little education about the real world that they have.
But they're in for a "significant emotion experience" and just maybe they'll actually learn something before it's all lost.