See Mississippi winners from the Nov. 4 special legislative election in Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. Did any districts flip parties?

Court-ordered elections reshaped Mississippi’s Senate map, ending a long-standing GOP edge and raising questions about what comes next at the Capitol.

Most of the elections come after a federal court ordered more Black-majority districts in the Mississippi Senate. Lawmakers had to create new boundaries for many districts to comply with the law.

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Special election races are underway in parts of our viewing area. Polls opened this morning at 7 am. In Noxubee County, voters will be determining the outcome for three different races. Those include the Sheriff’s seat, the Coroner’s position, and the race for District 5 Election Commissioner.

Black Democrats won big in the Mississippi Legislature for the state's special election, flipping multiple seats to end the GOP supermajority.

Mississippi Democratic Party chairman Cheikh Taylor praised the Voting Rights Act for making Tuesday’s results possible while MSGOP chairman Mike Hurst said Republicans were underdogs in the new gerrymandered districts.

The Republican National Committee is among those challenging a law in Mississippi, similar to those in many other states, that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.

The Supreme Court will decide whether federal law prohibits states from counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to weigh in whether individual states can accept a mail-in ballot sent on election day in a bid to overturn a Mississippi law.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Anthony “Tony” Smith in the ongoing challenge over the 2023 Democratic primary for Hinds County Supervisor District 2, according to a statement released Thursday by David L.