All six of Mississippi's Electoral College votes were cast for president-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on Tuesday, wrapping up the 2024 election season in the state.
The group of presidential electors included former Governor Phil Bryant and Terry Reeves, Gov. Tate Reeves' father. After the ceremony, Gov. Reeves praised the electors for helping the state fulfill its constitutional duty in the presidential election.
“What you are doing here today is representing the will of the people,” Reeves said. “The over 1.1 million Mississippians who went to the polls on election day and made this decision to reelect our 45th president to become our 47th.”
The certificate of votes is now being sent to the United States Senate to be counted on January 6th when Congress formalizes Trump's victory. Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown, one of the state's presidential electors, said he's grateful to be a part of delivering the state's electoral votes to Trump.
“It's an amazing experience, really, to know that you're part of a process that's been set up hundreds and hundreds of years ago and is still going today,” Brown said. “Our republic is strong.”
After the ceremony, Secretary of State Michael Watson praised the Electoral College process as one that ensures the concerns of voters in small states like Mississippi matter in national elections.
“You look at the bigger states around the country with large metropolitan areas, they don't have the same values as a farmer here in Mississippi or someone up in North Dakota,” Watson said. “ … To have every voice heard around the states is really important.”
Trump received over 60% of the votes in Mississippi's general election.