DeSoto votes: Election Night 2024
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ELECTION RESULTS
Here’s a link to the results as posted from DeSoto County: https://desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8849/Unofficial-Election-Results
Updated numbers below are updated with the report posted by DeSoto County Government at 12:50 a.m.
Reaction has started to come in on the results of Tuesday’s vote, a solid Republican win for Mississippi and the return of Donald Trump to the White House in January.
DeSoto County Republican Party Chairman Lee Caldwell said unity going forward is the most important thing. As County supervisor and Board President, Caldwell said she visited most of the polling places during the day Tuesday and found no hostility among the voters, regardless of who they were voting for.
“When we all work together, we all win,” Caldwell said. “A call for unity is what we need at this time.”
She told DeSoto County News Wednesday afternoon that some of the benefits from a change in leadership will be seen at the checkout and the gas pump.
“I think our grocery prices will drop, I think gas prices will drop, and I think we will now be able to drill for oil,” Caldwell said, also pointing to the issue of illegal immigrants coming into the country, another issue Trump campaigned hard on.
“In DeSoto County itself, we’ve had to spend more money on crimes being committed by people who are not from this country,” she said. “I think the results will help us in cutting our crime.”
Mississippi Democratic Party Chair Cheikh Taylor issued a statement calling the results a “wake-up call for those who believe of democracy.”
“We know the real fight in Mississippi is to elevate issues and policies that affect the middle class and low-income individuals who make up a vast majority of this state,” Taylor said. “This message is a clarion call that we must invest in the infrastructure of the Democratic Party. We shall remain vigilant, unscathed by the barriers in front of us. As a party, we will move forward and not one step back.”
Mississippi State Treasurer David McRae called for a united country in the wake of a divisive campaign.
“This Election Day, Americans chose freedom and opportunity over inflation and regulation,” McRae said. “I look upon the next four years with an incredible amount of excitement. I am confident that with President Donald J. Trump back in the White House we can work together to empower citizens from all walks of life to reach their God-given potential.”
Gov. Tate Reeves posted this on X/Twitter:
DESOTO LEADS STATE IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson’s office released its last report on absentee ballots ahead of Election Day. In the report, DeSoto County reported 18,654 absentee ballots requested and sent. A total of 517 ballots had not been returned as of Monday, Nov. 4, the date of the report. Of the total number, 18,137 ballot were received and accepted; none were rejected.
The Lewisburg precinct had requested the most absentee ballots at 1,357. As of Monday, 1,325 ballots had been received and accepted.
The complete absentee report is found on the Secretary of State’s website.
Shortly after the polls closed in Mississippi Tuesday evening, the Associated Press called the state for Donald Trump. AP also called the U.S. Senate race for Sen. Roger Wicker.
Associated Press called the election for Rep. Trent Kelly over Dianne Black at about 9 p.m. Tuesday evening (click here).
