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Polls are closing in Mississippi after voters cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries for governor and many other offices.

Mississippians head to the polls Tuesday to decide Democratic and Republican nominees for a host of offices from governor to county supervisor.

Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves continues to outraise and outspend all other candidates in the Mississippi governor’s race, with Attorney General Jim Hood raising and spending the most among Democrats in the race for the state’s top job.

The televised forum was the only time Reeves is debating former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. and state Rep. Robert Foster before the Aug. 6 party primaries.

Three Republicans running for Mississippi governor are having their only debate before the party primary.

Attorneys defending Mississippi say a lawsuit that challenges the state’s system of choosing a governor is about “partisan politics,” not about protecting African Americans’ voting rights.

Candidates for Mississippi governor are saying the state should strengthen vocational education programs to boost the economy.

With party primaries less than a month away, second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves still has more campaign cash than any candidate running for Mississippi governor.

Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has five times as much cash to spend in the final five months of the governor’s race as his best-financed opponent, and he’s already spending at a rapid clip.

One of the nine Democrats running for Mississippi governor is withdrawing from the race and throwing his support to the candidate who has raised the most money in that primary.

The three Republican candidates for Mississippi governor have agreed to a televised debate two weeks before the primary.