With current Governor Haley Barbour unable to run, the race is between Republican Phil Bryant and Democrat Johnny DuPree. Polls show that Bryant should win the election pretty handedly, and while he has vocalized some support for charters, it’s unclear where he stands on vouchers or teacher quality. Mississippi has the worst charter law in the country, and doesn’t even have any charter schools, so we hope that the new governor wants to bring actual charter schools to the state and not continue to support the in-name only law.