REEVES LAUNCHES HIS CAMPAIGN 02-07-2011

REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER TATE REEVES LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN MONDAY FOR MISSISSIPPI LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. REEVES, ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY, STOPPED IN THE DELTA TONIGHT AT VINCE'S RESTAURANT IN LELAND WHERE PARTY FAITHFUL PACKED THE RESTAURANT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. REEVES SAYS HIS TWO TERMS AS STATE TREASURER HAVE PREPARED HIM TO BECOME MISSISSIPPI LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.  REEVES TRAVELED THE STATE MONDAY LAUNCHING HIS CAMPAIGN AT VARIOUS STOPS ALONG THE WAY, THE FIRST COMING IN FLORENCE, WHERE HE GREW UP.  REEVES SAYS HE HAS BEEN A WATCHDOG OF MISSISSIPPI'S MONEY AND HAS NEVER BECOME A "CREATURE OF GOVERNMENT".  HE FACES STATE SENATOR BILLY HEWES OF GULFPORT IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. CANDIDATES' FILING DEADLINE IS MARCH 1. CURRENT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PHIL BRYANT, IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, WHILE NO DEMOCRAT HAS PUBLICALLY ENTERED THE RACE.