Appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Reeves doubled down on his anti-abortion position despite the state's poor showing in several indicators related to health, education, and economic well-being.
The announcement came nearly 52 years to the day of the disappearances of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who were brutally murdered while working as part of a massive campaign to register African-American voters in Mississippi in 1964.