PENDER: Will there be a Hosemann-Reeves lt. gov battle?
Publicly he’s only dropped cryptic hints, but Mississippi politicos far and wide are reporting that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is seriously considering a 2015 run at lieutenant governor against fellow Republican incumbent Tate Reeves.
In what promises otherwise to be a boring state election cycle, with other top of ticket incumbents staying put, this would be the race to watch. And, it would create a domino effect, some down-ticket jockeying.
And boy, howdy, does it already appear to have the GOP establishment illuminati in a tizzy. I got off-the-record earfuls from several on both sides. Hosemann running for lite guv is either a stroke of political genius or the dumbest, meanest move in the history of Mississippi Republicanism, and no in between.
Clarion Ledger
11/22/14
