Michael Watson

State Senator and Secretary of State Candidate Michael Watson

TUPELO • If he’s elected secretary of state, Mississippi legislator Michael Watson promised Lee County Republicans this week he’ll prioritize efforts to make sure that immigrants residing in the state without legal authorization don’t register to vote.

A state senator from Jackson County on the Gulf Coast, Watson is one of two Republicans looking to succeed Delbert Hosemann as secretary of state. Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton, representing the state’s southern district, is also in the race

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