by Taylor Vance and Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 11, 2023 Employees of a company that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign accused in a TV ad of illegally donating to his Democratic opponent, Brandon Presley, is threatening to sue the governor’s campaign if it doesn’t take the ad off the air.
The full cease-and-desist letter the Reeves campaign received The ad in question aired on Oct. 6 and accused Presley, north Mississippi's current public service commissioner, of illegally accepting campaign contributions from employees of the Tennessee-based company that does business in Mississippi. Presley has denied his campaign ran afoul of state campaign finance law with the donations.