#MS03: Democrat Congressional candidate Nathan Stewart campaigns in Meridian

The evaluation is being conducted as part of a federal program called the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative Efficient and Cost Saving Transportation (PROTECT).

"One of the reasons I'm running for governor is we have lost the connection between our state officials and the hardworking regular real people of Mississippi," Gipson said in an interview with Magnolia Tribune. "I've seen it, I've watched it happen in my career and I'm sick of it."