RepublicanGovernor · 2nd termRe-elected Nov 7, 2023 by 3.2

Tate Reeves

Governor of Mississippi since 2020. Mississippi allows two terms in a lifetime: this is the last.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Governing with the legislature

Party control of each branch at the start of each year, with seats held.

Branch	2011	2015	2019	2023	2027
Governor	R	R	R	R	R
State Senate	R 30–22	R 32–20	R 36–16	R 36–16	R 34–17
House of Representatives	R 63–59	R 72–50	R 75–46	R 79–41	R 77–41

Each session’s bills that reached Reeves’s desk.

Notable vetoes

SB 3402 · Suffrage; restore to Corderro Martin. · vetoed Apr 2026
HB 1648 · Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Loan Program; establish. · vetoed Apr 2026
SB 2189 · Budget; direct disbursements from certain special funds. · signed Apr 2026 with partial vetoes
SB 3071 · Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority. · signed Apr 2026 with partial vetoes
HB 1653 · Local Improvements Project Fund and IHL Capital Improvements Fund; revise certain projects funded with monies from. · signed Apr 2026 with partial vetoes

Source: Open States bills and actionsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Term: 2nd term as governor of Mississippi
Term limit: Two terms in a lifetime; serving the last term Mississippi allows

Offices held, and every time Reeves was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2019202020212022202320242025202620272028Governor of Mississippi

Statewide races are measured against the state’s presidential vote in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin
2023	Governor of Mississippi	Won	R+3.2
2019	Governor of Mississippi	Won	R+5.1