Southern voters shifted blue in the midterm elections despite redistricting efforts. Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom (D) is leading the race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) with over

In the wake of that decision, an unknown number of eligible voters arrived at the polls Tuesday, only to find what has happened in nearly every federal election since Mississippi’s first experiments with Experian’s information two years ago: Properly registered voters had been mistakenly inactivated (opens in a new tab) after the secretary of state provided local election officials with inaccurate address lists pulled from commercial data.

Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom (D) blasted prominent election forecasters for underestimating his chances of defeating Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in their election ratings, arguing that

Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Mississippi, has been repeatedly asked a familiar hypothetical this election season: Would he support Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader? When Fox News posed the question to him in October, few thought Colom stood a chance of taking down incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith; he didn’t have much to lose by saying, in his deep-red state, “I don’t like that our party is represented...

CNN's Manu Raju pressed Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) on Tuesday on how her election in deep-red Mississippi ended up being one of the closest races of the midterms. The post WATCH: CNN’s Manu Raju Grills Red State GOP Senator on What Went So Wrong in Reelection Battle first appeared on Mediaite.

Maria Lopez sees the customers at the Mississippi grocery store she manages struggle to afford the basics. It's not much easier for her: she keeps the heater off in her car to save gas and even buying milk at her own store can be hard.

State Auditor Shad White announced he will run for Mississippi Governor at a press conference in Laurel, MS. See photos from the event here.

Current and former House Democrats, flush with victory following their landslide midterm wins, are already looking at potential opportunities to run for Senate in 2028, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Democrats' 2026 romp — with wins in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and possibly even Mississippi — has some party members reevaluating what were once considered impossible targets. A source close to Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) — who was...

We're still waiting on the outcome of Senate brawls in Mississippi and Alaska, Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection battle in Colorado and other House contests across the South.