FILE - Mississippi state Sens. Rod Hickman, D-Macon, left, Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, second from left, Albert Butler, D-Port Gibson, and David Jordan, D-Greenwood, review an alternate Senate ...

Both candidates highlighted economic security, education, and public safety as key issues for the district. Two candidates ...

A new state senator for Mississippi’s District 26 will be selected in the Dec. 2 runoff between Kamesha Mumford and Letitia ...

Mississippi Senate District 26 became vacant after John Horhn resigned to become mayor of Jackson. The winner will serve the ...

The Mississippi Legislature's redistricting map passed in 2022 is illegal under civil rights laws and must be redrawn to add three new Black-majority districts, a federal court has ruled. Photo by ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Redrawing some Mississippi legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots, state officials say in new ...

Mississippi leadership is arguing that legislative district boundaries currently violating federal voting laws should remain in place for another year. The Mississippi State Board of Election ...

Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued their ...