MS: God just doesn't like the MS Dems down there for some reason & you're right about Hood needs to get over 50% to avoid facing the MS State Legislature, who decides who gets to move into the MS Governor's Mansion.
I find it hard to believe there hasn’t been a constitutional challenge to this system. Might be a standing issue since I don’t think there’s been a Gov candidate who’s lost just because of it, Musgrove won the popular vote and the backing of the then Democratic legislature the last time it was invoked.