$156K poured into race for Dist. 15 Senate seat
With less than a week left before the special election, the four-way race for the vacant Senate District 15 seat has attracted more than $156,000 in contributions, campaign finance reports show.
Espy says he’s better prepared for 2020 campaign
Democrat Mike Espy says he has a clearer strategy to win a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi in 2020 than he had when he ran for the same seat last year.
Mississippi GOP senator sworn in after special election win
A Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi has taken her oath of office nearly three weeks after winning a special election.
Takeaways from Mississippi’s Senate runoff
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith’s victory in Mississippi’s Senate election runoff was closer than usual in the GOP-dominated Deep South state.
Divisive Senate race ends with Hyde-Smith win
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith returns to Washington as a solidly loyal Trump supporter after the president stumped for her in what was a divisive runoff marked by racial turmoil over a video-recorded remark Hyde-Smith made decried as racist.
7 nooses found by Mississippi Capitol before Senate runoff
State and federal investigators are trying to find out who hung seven nooses in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol early Monday, a day before a U.S. Senate runoff that has focused attention on the state’s history of racist violence.
Last US Senate race of midterms up for vote in Mississippi
Mississippi voters are deciding the last U.S. Senate race of the midterms, choosing between a white Republican Senate appointee backed by President Donald Trump and a black Democrat who was agriculture secretary when Bill Clinton was in the White House.
Democrat’s path to victory in Mississippi: Black turnout
The special election for a U.S. Senate seat in deeply conservative Mississippi wasn’t supposed to be competitive.
GOP exploring reasons for gender disparity in new Congress
For congressional Republicans, this month’s elections ushered in the year of the woman — literally.
Big names weigh in on final unresolved US Senate election
High-profile politicians are throwing their support to candidates in a U.S. Senate special election runoff in Mississippi, the last unresolved Senate race of the federal midterms.
Hyde-Smith says no ill will, intent behind ‘hanging’ remark
JACKSON — A white Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi said during a debate with her African-American Democratic opponent Tuesday night that she apologizes to people
Only debate set for Mississippi’s hard-fought US Senate race
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Mike Espy, meet for their only debate Tuesday night in a contest where the incumbent’s verbal gaffes have dredged up strong emotions about Mississippi’s history of racial violence.
Espy seeks women’s support; Trump to rally for Hyde Smith
For Mike Espy, a high-profile woman helped Espy make the argument Saturday that the Democratic man would be a better choice in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate runoff for the state’s women.
Dem’s lobbying work draws GOP ire in Mississippi Senate race
Republicans in Mississippi’s intensifying U.S. Senate race are slamming Democrat Mike Espy’s lobbying work for an African leader who was later deposed and charged with crimes against humanity.
Senator spoke of ‘difficult’ voting for liberals in video
A Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi is shown in a new video talking about “liberal folks” and making it “just a little more difficult” for them to vote.
GOP senator should explain ‘hanging’ remark, challenger says
A white Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi needs to fully explain her comment about a “public hanging,” her black Democratic challenger says.
Democrats eye US Senate seat in Republican-led Mississippi
National Democrats are focusing on Mississippi’s U.S. Senate runoff, a year after winning a longshot contest in another Deep South state dominated by Republicans.
Congress returns to new dynamic, GOP shutdown threat
Congress returns to a changed political landscape Tuesday as newly-elected lawmakers arrive in Washington, the parties elect new leadership and incumbents square off for one final legislative sprint before House Democrats take power.
‘Public hanging’ remark puts spotlight on Miss. Senate race
A video of a white U.S. senator from Mississippi making a flip reference to a “public hanging” is incensing voters in a special election runoff, drawing attention to the state’s history of lynching and boosting Democrats’ hope of pulling off a stunner in the Deep South.
Analysis: Candidates need motivated voters for Senate runoff
Candidates in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate runoff are competing with college football, Thanksgiving turkey and the mad dash of Christmas bargain hunting as they try to hold voters’ attention.