By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - US Senate candidates in Mississippi are battling over the treatment of ballots still being counted in the race, one of two remaining Senate contests yet to be called after Tuesday's midterm elections.

The race’s outcome will likely remain unclear for days, and both campaigns have expressed confidence in a victory once all votes are counted.

The unusually prolonged count reflects the state's election procedures, which allow officials several days to process mail-in and provisional ballots.

A U.S. Senate bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, which was introduced in late September, could fast-track the permitting process of infrastructure needed to power data centers.

John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, the progeny of one of America's most famous and wealthiest families who during three decades in the US Senate sought expanded healthcare for the poor and excoriated President George W.

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Most voters tend to vote early in person, and vote reporting is usually relatively fast. But if a race is very close, it can still take awhile to declare a winner. In 2022, it took until Wednesday afternoon for The A.P. to declare that the top Senate candidates had advanced to a runoff, which was held on Dec. 6.

WASHINGTON — Days after Tuesday's midterm elections, the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Alaska remained unresolved. As of Friday, it was one of two U.S. Senate races still too close to call.

From the first Native American elected to the U.S. Senate and the first Muslim who will join the upper chamber to the Senate's first Paralympian, voters elected historic candidates in the midterms.