A native of Rankin County, Mississippi, and a graduate of Millsaps College, Reeves will succeed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who served two one-year terms as SREB chair from 2023 to 2025.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves was elected chair of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) at the board's annual meeting that took place in Atlanta on June 22, 2025. Reeves now leads SREB ...

Former state senator Mississippi Democratic Party Chair Johnnie E. Walls Jr. died Saturday, May 10, according to an announcement by the state Democratic Party. He was 80.