The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has released the October 12 general election absentee report. According to the office, the Statewide Election Management system has reported a total of 24,004 absentee ballots requested. It also states that 23,505 absentee ballots…
Scott Colom, the democratic candidate in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate Race, is canvassing the state. Colom is challenging incumbent Republic Senator Cindy Hyde Smith. He is…
By DAVID A. LIEB Roughly 440 days after President Donald Trump spurred a mid-decade redrawing of congressional maps, the voting districts for the consequential midterm elections finally are settled in all U.S. states. A U.S. Supreme Court decision late last…
In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are now available in circuit clerk offices for the 2026 midterm elections in Mississippi. Those elections are set for Tuesday, November 3. If…
By MEG KINNARD President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The…
By STEVEN SLOAN, STEVE PEOPLES, HUMERA LODHI and SIMRAN PARWANI WASHINGTON (AP) — The contours of a premier Senate race took shape in Iowa, while President Donald Trump’s endorsement streak ran into a roadblock there. Democrats chose a nominee for a House race in New Jersey that could decide…
By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday heard from voting rights groups and a coalition of two dozen states that want the courts to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a federal voter list and limit…
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI DENVER (AP) — Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by President Donald Trump, was released from state prison Monday after the president successfully pressured Colorado’s Democratic governor into…
By JACK BROOK and MARC LEVY BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats. Approval…
By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — In a generational contest between sitting congressmen, freshman Rep. Christian Menefee defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a Democratic primary runoff for a Houston-area district created last year by an unusual Republican-led redistricting effort. Green,…
By DAVID A. LIEB A frenzied redistricting effort ahead of the November elections has reshaped congressional voting districts for millions of Americans — and it isn’t over yet. Since President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts last…
By MEG KINNARD, JEFFREY COLLINS, KIM CHANDLER and DAVID A. LIEB COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to reshape congressional districts ahead of the November elections suffered a double setback Tuesday, as South Carolina senators declined to do so and a federal court blocked a…
By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three-term congressman endorsed by…
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Voters in Hancock County are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a $49 million bond issue for the Hancock County School District. District leaders say aging facilities across the county need major…
By DAVID A. LIEB, JACK BROOK and JEFFREY COLLINS Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, state senators on Thursday are to consider a plan that would eliminate a majority-Black district while giving Republicans a chance to win an…
By DAVID A. LIEB Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress. The constitutional amendment narrowly backed by…
WXXV News 25’s Aubrey Spears is sitting down with candidates ahead of March’s primary election. Republican Candidate for Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District Sawyer Walters stopped by the studio to…
By JOHN HANNA Candidates and political groups are pouring money into Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race at a record pace, partly fueled by Democrat James Talarico’s fundraising and allies of Republican Sen. John Cornyn trying to save his long career. Heading into…
A Gulfport lawmaker is apparently throwing his hat in the ring for next year’s race in Mississippi’s fourth congressional district. In a Facebook post on Monday, District…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Biloxi Mayor Andrew 'FoFo' Gilich had two challengers on the ballot Tuesday. Mayor Gilich faced off against Independent Andy Linville and Libertarian Farren Santibanez. Gilich has cruised to re-election, taking 80 percent of the vote over his…
The big race everyone is looking at on this Election Day is Gulfport’s mayoral race. WXXV News 25’s Jordyn Lassiter has more.
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-Big news in the two runoff elections in Harrison County tonight as two incumbents go down in defeat. Longtime incumbent Gulfport Ward 1 councilmember Truck Casey is defeated by Democratic primary challenger Kendal Buckner. Buckner will be…
SOUTH MISS (WXXV)-The polls have closed in the 2025 Municipal Primary Elections. Residents headed to the polls on Tuesday across the Coast to cast their vote. The unofficial results for the municipal primary elections are below: Bay St. Louis Mayor:…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)-The votes are in for the City of Long Beach mayoral primary. The unofficial results are in and with all wards reporting, Tim Pierce earned 2,362 votes or 80 percent. Glen Powell earned 536 votes or 18…