Mississippi's first black statewide official since Reconstruction will be...

[Stańczyk]

Is the only way a black person going to be elected in MS is as a Republican?

[Rookie Yinzer]

Is the state's population shifting at all? Like white people dying faster than blacks, because I know there's no significant growth. If not us here in Georgia, I would love to see Mississippi elect our nation's first black woman Governor*.

As a Democrat, obviously.

[Stańczyk]

Mississippi is becoming more black and less white—but very, very gradually.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

A Republican suffering from re-vitiligo.

[ElectionsGuy]

Is the only way a black person going to be elected in MS is as a Republican?

For the short term, yes.

[Badger]

Is the only way a black person going to be elected in MS is as a Republican?

For the short term, yes.

This. Although, I will have the caveat that it was a long-held proposition that America's first black president would be a conservative....

[Del Tachi]

Black population in Mississippi is growing (will be greater than 40% in 2020) and White population is decreasing in net terms.  If MS Whites shift from 88/12 Republican to 75/25 Republican (likely as Boomers die off), that’s enough to get a Black Dem elected in the 2030s.

[OneJ]

It would be much easier to say this if the MS GOP had considerably more black Republican politicians. For now, I assume the first statewide black politician since Reconstruction will probably be Democrat.

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

I can't imagine Mississippi's GOP nominating a black candidate for any office that a Republican has a chance of winning.

[The Arizonan]

Is the state's population shifting at all? Like white people dying faster than blacks, because I know there's no significant growth. If not us here in Georgia, I would love to see Mississippi elect our nation's first black woman Governor*.

As a Democrat, obviously.

Illinois, California, or New Jersey will probably be the first to elect the first one.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I can't imagine Mississippi's GOP nominating a black candidate for any office that a Republican has a chance of winning.

I'm sure they could find an acceptable one.

[7,052,770]

By 2040 (maybe sooner) Mississippi's population will have shifted to the point where it's a [non-Atlas] blue state.

I could see a situation in which Mississippi has never had a black statewide officeholder, and then in, say, 2039, elects several of them all at once.

Additionally, I could see a governor (of either party) appointing one to fill a vacancy. I'd wondered if Bryant would appoint a black Republican to fill the auditor and agriculture commissioner offices this term, but I guess there just aren't any prominent or qualified black Republicans in the state that could have plausibly been appointed.

[MarkD]

Is the only way a black person going to be elected in MS is as a Republican?

For the short term, yes.

Agree.

[Frodo]

By 2040 (maybe sooner) Mississippi's population will have shifted to the point where it's a [non-Atlas] blue state.

I could see a situation in which Mississippi has never had a black statewide officeholder, and then in, say, 2039, elects several of them all at once.

Additionally, I could see a governor (of either party) appointing one to fill a vacancy. I'd wondered if Bryant would appoint a black Republican to fill the auditor and agriculture commissioner offices this term, but I guess there just aren't any prominent or qualified black Republicans in the state that could have plausibly been appointed.

Do you still hold to that, considering younger white Mississippians voted for Trump by about a 3-to-1 margin twice in 2016 and now 2020? 

[Figueira]

By 2040 (maybe sooner) Mississippi's population will have shifted to the point where it's a [non-Atlas] blue state.

I could see a situation in which Mississippi has never had a black statewide officeholder, and then in, say, 2039, elects several of them all at once.

Additionally, I could see a governor (of either party) appointing one to fill a vacancy. I'd wondered if Bryant would appoint a black Republican to fill the auditor and agriculture commissioner offices this term, but I guess there just aren't any prominent or qualified black Republicans in the state that could have plausibly been appointed.

Do you still hold to that, considering younger white Mississippians voted for Trump by about a 3-to-1 margin twice in 2016 and now 2020? 

That's pretty low by white Mississippian standards.

[Crumpets]

If there's a statewide vacancy that requires a governor appointment, I can imagine them picking a black Republican. My question would be whether there are any black Republicans at any level in Mississippi government for them to choose from.

[Yellowhammer]

By 2040 (maybe sooner) Mississippi's population will have shifted to the point where it's a [non-Atlas] blue state.

Lol

[Orwell]

I can't imagine Mississippi's GOP nominating a black candidate for any office that a Republican has a chance of winning.

I'm sure they could find an acceptable one.

Uncle Ruckus (No relation)

[smoltchanov]

Is the only way a black person going to be elected in MS is as a Republican?

For the short term, yes.

[Kingpoleon]

I can't imagine Mississippi's GOP nominating a black candidate for any office that a Republican has a chance of winning.

And why could, say, Nic Lott not win an election?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

An R, Espy ran the last losing campaign for a black D, he was overpolled and many polls showed him down only 3/5 pts

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Both the Mississippi State House and Senate don't have a single black republican. Think about the fact the republican party in the most african american state can't even get single one of them elected. Politics in Missispi is matter of race
https://mississippitoday.org/2019/02/06/do-your-lawmakers-look-like-you/

[Figueira]

Are Mississippi Republicans significantly more racist than South Carolina Republicans?

[GALeftist]

Are Mississippi Republicans significantly more racist than South Carolina Republicans?

I'm going to guess that the answer is yes judging by the Mississippians vs. South Carolinians I know, plus South Carolina is significantly more urban than Mississippi.

[jingletoes]

Probably a republican. Though Gary Anderson came very close to beating Tate Reeves for treasurer in 2003.