Mississippi on Monday cast all six of its Electoral College votes for Republican President Donald Trump. Photo courtesy Mississippi Secretary of State

JACKSON. Miss. (AP) — Mississippi on Monday cast all six of its Electoral College votes for Republican President Donald Trump.

The father of Republican Gov. Tate Reeves was among the six men casting electoral votes for the president, who lost his bid for reelection.

Terry Reeves owns a heating and air-conditioning business but grew up in modest circumstances in a large family in a two-bedroom home in the small town of Bogue Chitto, the governor said.

“It speaks to what’s possible in Mississippi and in America,” Tate Reeves said.

Trump received nearly 58% of the popular vote in Mississippi. The state has voted for the Republican candidate in each of the past 11 elections going back to Ronald Reagan in 1980.