Tate Reeves
Nationalist
Republican
Governor
Mississippi
Current Position: Governor of Mississippi
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For eliminating Mississippi's state income tax
Business & Labor
- Against labor unions; opposes United Auto Workers unionization campaigns and union role in COVID recovery
Health Care
- Against Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act; prevented it from receiving a floor vote as lieutenant governor
- Against COVID-19 vaccine mandates; called Biden's mandate 'tyranny' and joined lawsuit against it
- For medical marijuana but against recreational marijuana
Education
- Against critical race theory in schools; considers it a looming threat
- Against federal student loan forgiveness programs
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; believes life begins at conception, supported overturning Roe v. Wade as the greatest conservative accomplishment, banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and considers abortion services elective and unnecessary
- Against LGBTQ+ and transgender rights; banned gender-affirming care for minors, opposes requiring pronouns that don't correspond with biological reality, backs marriage between one man and one woman, and supports clerks' religious right to refuse gay marriage licenses
- Against systemic racism claims; declared April as 'Confederate Heritage Month' annually
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For restricting voting access; supports restricting absentee ballots and banning mail-in voting
- Against early voting and mail-in voting expansion; would veto bills expanding these voting methods
Public Safety
- For gun rights; lowered barriers to concealed carry
- For law enforcement funding; supports Blue Lives Matter and protected class status for public safety workers