Today's Mississippi governor election pits Elvis's second cousin Brandon Presley against incumbent Tate Reeves

Democrat Brandon Presley — the second cousin of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley — is trying to oust Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves from the governor's mansion on Tuesday. And Presley may have a shot in the deep-red state. 

Mississippi hasn't had a Democratic governor in two decades, but the 46-year-old Presley, a moderate Democrat, is trying to change that. 

Presley campaigned on expanding Medicaid in the nation's poorest state, and on supporting the state's sweeping abortion ban. Presley has been a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission since 2008, and before that, served as mayor of Nettleton, Mississippi. Presley was born days before Elvis Presley's death in 1977.