The Mississippi Republican Party announced that State Senator Tyler McCaughn, of Newton, was one of the six Presidential Electors for the State of Mississippi to cast votes for Donald J. Trump for President and J.D. Vance for Vice President of the United States, in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, federal law, state law and the will of the voters in Mississippi during the 2024 presidential election. Governor Tate Reeves and Secretary of State Michael Watson were on hand at the event.
The Presidential Electors for the State of Mississippi were recommended by Governor Reeves and subsequently elected by the Mississippi Republican Party at its state convention. In addition to Senator McCaughn, the five other Presidential Electors for Mississippi were former Governor Phil Bryant; Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown; Mississippi State Senator Ben Suber; Charlie Stephenson; and Terry Reeves.
“Mississippi is proud to cast its six electoral votes for Donald J. Trump and JD Vance,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “After four disastrous years of the Biden-Harris Administration, Mississippians are fired up to get America back on the right track. January 20th cannot come soon enough. Mississippi looks forward to implementing President Trump’s America First Agenda.”
The Electoral College is a constitutionally mandated process consisting of the selection of electors, the meeting of electors whereby they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, a majority (270) of which is required to elect the President and Vice President. Each state has the same number of electors as it has Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two U.S. Senators.
“This is truly an historic day for our country and a great day for our state. I sincerely thank our Presidential Electors for their service and our fellow Mississippians for electing Donald J. Trump as President and J.D. Vance as our next Vice President of the United States. Our state and our nation is on the rise, and I could not be more excited for our people,” said Mike Hurst, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party.
