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State representative to run for lieutenant governor

A Democrat from Oxford is the first person to throw his name into the hat in the 2019 race for lieutenant governor in Mississippi.

Posted: May 3, 2018 9:11 AM

Updated: May 3, 2018 1:00 PM

Posted By: Melvin Carlock

OXFORD, Miss. (WTVA) - A Democrat from Oxford is the first person to throw his name into the hat in the 2019 race for lieutenant governor in Mississippi.

Rep. Jay Hughes, 54, begins a series of campaign announcement stops in south Mississippi Thursday.

Rep. Jay Hughes

Hughes, a former Oxford alderman, is currently in his first term in the Mississippi House.

He has been a big supporter of fully funding education, improving the state's highways and mental health services.

Hughes also sued Speaker of the House Philip Gunn over the use of a machine to read bills at rapid speed during the legislative session in 2017.

Lt. Governor Tate Reeves is except to run for governor next year.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 117617

Reported Deaths: 3302

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	8050	179
DeSoto	7285	80
Harrison	5491	85
Jackson	4800	88
Rankin	4046	86
Madison	3861	94
Lee	3665	82
Forrest	3118	78
Jones	2966	84
Washington	2627	100
Lafayette	2550	43
Lauderdale	2546	135
Lamar	2319	40
Oktibbeha	2048	55
Bolivar	2039	79
Neshoba	1868	111
Lowndes	1819	62
Panola	1720	40
Leflore	1706	88
Sunflower	1643	49
Warren	1561	56
Monroe	1538	73
Pontotoc	1506	20
Marshall	1484	30
Lincoln	1433	59
Pike	1406	56
Copiah	1393	36
Scott	1270	29
Coahoma	1258	37
Union	1258	25
Yazoo	1234	34
Simpson	1231	49
Grenada	1229	39
Tate	1210	39
Itawamba	1172	26
Leake	1163	42
Pearl River	1163	60
Holmes	1150	60
Adams	1094	45
Prentiss	1092	20
Alcorn	1045	12
Wayne	1027	22
George	1017	19
Covington	988	29
Marion	959	43
Tippah	949	24
Newton	872	27
Hancock	868	28
Chickasaw	867	27
Tallahatchie	855	26
Winston	852	21
Tishomingo	827	41
Attala	805	27
Clarke	770	53
Clay	710	22
Jasper	696	17
Walthall	644	27
Calhoun	633	13
Noxubee	602	17
Smith	602	16
Yalobusha	564	16
Montgomery	558	23
Lawrence	544	14
Claiborne	539	16
Tunica	537	17
Perry	524	23
Carroll	503	12
Stone	491	14
Greene	481	18
Humphreys	451	17
Amite	428	13
Quitman	423	6
Jefferson Davis	421	12
Webster	378	13
Benton	367	10
Wilkinson	342	21
Kemper	333	15
Sharkey	287	15
Jefferson	279	10
Franklin	251	3
Choctaw	209	6
Issaquena	107	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 160380

Reported Deaths: 2713

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	23769	383
Mobile	17039	318
Tuscaloosa	10539	141
Montgomery	10435	199
Madison	9467	98
Shelby	7563	65
Baldwin	6743	69
Lee	6624	65
Calhoun	4689	62
Marshall	4452	51
Etowah	4365	52
Morgan	4263	35
Houston	4212	34
DeKalb	3512	29
Elmore	3265	58
St. Clair	3070	42
Limestone	2951	31
Walker	2855	93
Talladega	2739	37
Cullman	2600	25
Lauderdale	2371	43
Jackson	2219	17
Autauga	2103	31
Colbert	2082	32
Franklin	2077	32
Blount	1988	25
Russell	1976	3
Chilton	1909	32
Dallas	1881	27
Coffee	1826	11
Dale	1808	52
Covington	1767	29
Escambia	1753	31
Clarke	1380	17
Chambers	1370	47
Pike	1355	14
Tallapoosa	1353	87
Marion	1103	31
Barbour	1045	9
Marengo	1035	22
Butler	1015	41
Winston	943	13
Geneva	935	7
Lawrence	877	33
Pickens	874	18
Bibb	856	15
Randolph	843	16
Hale	780	30
Cherokee	761	14
Clay	758	12
Washington	754	12
Henry	728	6
Lowndes	717	28
Monroe	660	10
Bullock	650	17
Crenshaw	611	30
Perry	596	6
Fayette	594	13
Cleburne	577	9
Wilcox	571	12
Conecuh	565	13
Macon	541	20
Lamar	516	5
Sumter	477	21
Choctaw	394	12
Greene	346	16
Coosa	214	3
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0