Jackson Jambalaya

so an 80 year old man

an absolute moron in a cowboy hat who looks like a temu Roy Rodgers

and shad white

aren't we lucky lol although I do support shad white

Lynn Fitch for Governor 💯

So 85% prefer someone other than the Donkeycrat Delbert. Who's surprised?

Tarrance Group Clients

Tommy Who?

Lynn Fitch for Governor

Give me Tommy Duff. The only one that acknowledges we are behind our neighboring states and have to grow. Something has to change.

Lane Kiffin 100%
unless and until he’s no longer a resident of this state

Maybe on Tommy Duff. Don't know enough yet. Lol @ Andy Gipson. That dude is the last thing we need. He'll spend way too much time talking about unnecessary social issues to enrage and divide. Lynn Fitch is an empty skull. At least Delbert seems to really care about the State, though his age is a bit of a concern. I wish he would've run last time. They're all likely to be quite the upgrade from that halfwit Tater Tot.

Tommy gets the 40% undecided.

If the big hat gets elected, SNL and the late night talk show hosts should put the entire state of Mississippi on their Christmas card mailing list.

Hosemann's pollster.

Kingfish knew this was a meaningless and useless poll when he put it here.

He mentions the demo of those polled, but not those responding. LOL. We all know that nobody with walking around sense answers these bullshit text messages. And that leaves those WITHOUT walking around sense.

By the way...other than Delbert, are any democrats running?

I didn’t think we could be any more of a joke of a state after electing taturd the second time. Andy or Lynn would prove me wrong.

Who is the 80 year old man. Wait, are you talking about the billionaire who has created his wealth in the private sector where results matter, and if you don't achieve them, you're fired?

I really like Andy Gipson as the AG Commish. Did a good job. I was disappointed when he said he was running for Gov. Not because he would be a bad governor, but I hated to see him leave the AG position.

I think I would rather look at Tater's pink cheeks another four years than look at Lynn's big ole fake smile for that long. And just imagine her appointments!

'The Hat' is a speech maker, not a producer. Delbert has already spent his usefulness. Mr. Duff has made a career of doing things right, like Fordice.

NO to Lynn Fitch or Dumbert, two worthless spineless OLD losers. It would be more of the same decline under them. Let me reiterate they are OLD and decrepit grandparents that need to just enjoy retirement. They are beyond out of touch and do absolutely nothing to engage with anyone under 65. They are the Sean Hannity watching crowd's picks but those of us living in reality realize MS is shrinking while the rest of the south (not LA) is booming. Michael Watson or Shad White or if we have to go with an old guy let's take Tommy Duff, the very well-established businessman that won't repeat the same boring (and corny) talking points. Stop the crime in this state and you solve 95% of the issues. Lock em up! Duff recognizes that MS college graduates don't want to move back to Greenwood or Columbus or Brookhaven after graduation and he'll get us some more JOBS to fix it.

Jackson is the literal center of the south, halfway between Dallas-Atlanta and Memphis-New Orleans. One of these candidates needs to realize this and talk about bringing a bunch of logistics companies into this area to set up shop. I'm talking big trucking and maybe some big air cargo like UPS or Amazon. Spend the money to make our metro's largest airport into something big and watch them fly in. Also, somebody needs to realize that Vicksburg is located on I-20 + the largest river in the USA and is upland of where the river is going to change course and bypass New Orleans. Spend some of that billion $ surplus we have to build the south's largest port in Vburg!!


And one more point in this rant. The Delta is a dead place, but it's along said large river and not highly populated. Why doesn't one of these "leaders" in this state recognize we should build several Nuclear Power plants up and down our banks, selling electricity to the rest of the country and powering these data centers? What a way to bring some money into MS!

Join never Delbert club

He’s a rino

I’m more libertarian but even I can see Delbert is a democrat

3:07 you seem like a bitter person. I bet you curse the sun when it comes up in the morning.

We will see a poll any day now commissioned by the benefactors of Mississippi Today that attempts to convince us that the Democrat sacrificial lamb of this election cycle (Espy, Hood, Dupre, Chokwe) has a real chance to win the General Election.

Where is the choice for "none of the above"?

Your "one more point" is your best! That would be bold thinking.

I could see both Auditor Shad and Commishioner Gipson as great Governors. Andy reminds me of Gospel Bill and I like that. Shad also reminds my of my millennial nephew who convinced me to buy 100 bitcoin with him in 2014 and now I’m quite wealthy.

Mississippi is doomed.

Y'all seriously think this sample reflects the Republican primary?

This is a stupid poll because it completely ignores the de facto general election will occur in August.

No, like their water carrying for Waller, the Barksdalers will first effort to convince conservatives that Duff walks on water. Though, considering Duff's meager support in this poll, they'll be hard pressed to make the levitation appear believable.

... and now I’m quite wealthy.

But considerably less so than you were on October 5th.

Agreed...poll is meaningless. 24-33% of respondents were black and/or democrat, knowing they won't be voting Republican. You know how MAGA folk tend to hold their cards close to the vest anyway.

@7:26 you obviously didn't read the poll results closely enough and/or you have a reading comprehension problem.

This poll kicks the crap out of the anti-school choice crowd.

Does it matter? They are all the same other than maybe Duff. I can’t think of anything a Governor has done that changed my life. I will say that this state was lucky Haley Barbour was governor during the Katrina recovery, he had the Washington contacts that made a difference in so far as getting federal assistance.

100% of the undecideds break for Duff? Highly unlikely.

Like Delbert, but concerned about his age. Like Shad. Like Duff. It’s shocking and concerning that a private sector success like Duff would be so far behind empty hat imbecile career politicians like Fitch and Gipson.

No 4;11 - The successful businessman that you accurately described is only 68 years old; plenty of life left. And yes, while the Hat brags about leading this race, where 40% are "undecided" - most have not even heard of, much less know anything about that successful businessman who has created his own wealth by knowing how to run something. That fact cannot be said about any of the others on this list: The Hat has claims to be a farmer, with his two cows and five blueberry bushes, a successful lawyer who's success has been telling others what they could do but didn't do it on his own; the Lady in Red who was a successful understudy as counsel to a legislative committee and then received a number of plush appointments from those connections; an educated 'elf' who ran a successful campaign for a candidate who beat an unknown truckdriver leading to his appointment; and of course the Tax Lawyer who wanted so bad to be a US Senator that he declared the position vacant due to death while the incumbent was still alive and kicking (wonder how those political signs are holding up in storage??).

Yes, the successful businessman that nobody knows of yet because he hasn't been out campaigning for this or any other office the past year, much less the past decade. Once he announces his intention and puts his knowledge and experience in front of the people, that 2% will quickly surpass the entire bunch.

Unless Democrats cross over as they did for Thad Cochran this poll is extremely flawed. Of the Republicans who were polled I am not surprised Delbert is that weak of a candidate.

Shock- Way is the 40%

No. Mississippi is not doomer as Kansas is not doomed. We are the center of the south. Now, if the MS river reroutes away from New Orleans, that could cause big trouble.

Unlike the others, Duff is not an announced candidate yet, he has not been campaigning so most folks (even those politically involved) know much about him. Frankly, its too damned early to be an announced candidate, but for those who's only job is to draw a state paycheck - i.e. Delbert, Fitch, Gipson or Shad, who have been spending the past several months doing nothing but promoting their desire for the 'next' stop on their gravy train, Duff has been continuing to run his extensive business enterprise.

ONCE he gets in, starts campaigning, and letting people know who he is, that number will increase as fast as Bitcoin has been dropping lately. Its over a year before the campaign year begins; there is another election cycle next year that doesn't include these political gurus who have jumped into this race thinking they had to get ahead of the other guy/girl that occupies the state office space next door to theirs.

Duff's star will shine soon enough - right now, its just fun to watch these other wannabees spin their wheels thinking the ride on the merry-go-round has been so much fun but are afraid they might be spun off and then have to actually go out and find something worthwhile to do with the rest of their life. (Well, actually for Dilbert, that's not the problem; at his age, that's not his worry.)

So who commissioned this poll? Empower MS, MCPP, ?

Looks like I'm going to have to hold my nose and vote again this time, as I've had to do for most of my adult life.

Shocked Lynn was at 9%, I would have guessed more like 2%

Read the damn poll results. The Democrats polled had nothing to do with the GOP primary numbers.

'understudy' at House Ways and Means Committee?? -- 8:20 for the win tonight!

4:44 We do have large corporations coming to our state.Amazon is here, they just choose not to locate in City of Jackson & Hinds County! Even Coach Prime was robbed the 1st week of month after arriving ! Safety, infrastructure & economics are key points with education as well! Remember this when you vote. Also Everyone should be paying their fair share for Water & Sewer. That made national news as well! To succeed we must hold ourselves up including Judge Wingate allowing shut off’s for non payers !

I don’t vote in MS politics. Ur leaders don’t care what u want. They give u the ability to vote them in and then they make the decision because they believe the people of this state are ignorant. State flag for example and I don’t care which flag we use. Only one example but I can tell u of many more. As a woman, I realize I am thought of as 2nd class citizen in this state. Once u identify ur environment, u can move forward and move on. It is no longer my state or my problem. Who knows maybe Andy can sing lullabies so u guys can eat ur constituents with a good melody.

Where is Gerard Gibert on this list?

@5:17 ha no, as a matter of fact I do not. I just wish out of the entire state of very qualified, decent people, we could have done better than most of these slappies.

Only Louisiana has a higher poverty rate, and our median household income is the lowest. That we've moved up to 16th in education is good until you consider that when our children grow up , they leave the state in alarming numbers. We rank 50th in health care, 49th in economy and 47th in infrastructure. We had a brief period of progress beginning in the mid-70's, but then we didn't welcome back our best and brightest children and even our oldest and wealthiest families and most successful Mississippians who still have homes and businesses here, spend more time (and money) elsewhere. We are " The Crossroads of the South" but we've let our loud mouth, white pointy hat" people screw us up again. Who wants to live anywhere that trashes their own state capital and successful citizens?

5:57 - But here you are, reading a Mississippi blog, commenting on Mississippi politics. Are we supposed to be jealous that you left? Sounds to me like this state is living rent-free in your noggin.

This poll is about as accurate as a Glock in the hands of a south JXN gang banger. I won't be voting for any of these clowns.

The Duff idea sounds good, but I wish he would tell more about moving his truck purchasing from MS to a company in TX while he talks about helping MS businesses. Also his Mormon background is gonna be hard to overcome by many. He is also probably the most unapproachable candidate out there. I bet he doesn’t even run when it’s all said and done.

There’s no one to vote for in that list of potentials. But, then, this is America, a country with a long and proud tradition of never voting FOR anyone but rather voting AGAINST the other guy. May the best least offensive candidate win.

Look folks, the GOV is meaningless. It is do nothing post. It is the LT Gov that matters. Get rid of Dilbert and get someone that will get stuff done.

@8:38am how much is the Delbert campaign paying you to say this BS? Does him moving one of his many companies to TX (the trucking capital) because it made a lot more sense, negate from all the others he has kept in state? Don't be ridiculous.

Any of them Except Lyn Fitch. She doesn't bother to prosecute anyone politically connected or with sufficient funds to donate. Shad has youth and vigor and a Fitch-like propensity to avoid prosecuting Republicans. Delbert is competent but too old. Andy is young enough to survive the terms, old enough to have a some perspective, and I don't know anything bad about him (yet). Until I have better information, he has potential. Duff, like most rich guys, thinks that because he's rich and people suck up to him that he's smarter than everyone else. Maybe, he is. Maybe he ain't. But, he's pushing 70. Is he really ready for 4-12 years of that kind of scrutiny and pressure?

In his front yard, selling lemonade and pretending to be relevant.

Delbert is the only one nearing 80. He's 78, Tommy Duff is 68 and his billionaire brother James is 64. Fitch is headed to 65 and both the Commish and the auditor are still in Junior High.

Billionaire-Duff owns trucking giant KLLM (Richland) and FFE, another refrigerated carrier (Texas). He has no reason to move either.

Fordice, a businessman, turned this state around when he became the first non-politician to ever inherit the mansion.

That's exactly what we need again. Political life is a rewarding game for politicians.

Let me fix this for you:

"Delbert is competent but too old and, besides, he's a Democrat."

What does Duff's brother have to do with anything?