Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves will speak at the Vicksburg Tea Party meeting Thursday night at 6:30 at Shoney’s restaurant on Pemberton Square Boulevard.

Reeves, a Rankin County native, was elected treasurer in 2003 as the state’s first Republican treasurer. He served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers for 2006-07.

Tate holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Mississippi and the CFA Institute.

Other candidates for the office include state Sen. Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, and Reform Party candidate Tracella Lou O’Hara Hill.