By MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — California spiraled toward a primary election Tuesday with its two marquee races defined by uncertainty and a pair of outsider candidates looking to crack open the state’s durable Democratic hierarchy. In the governor’s…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Moss Point is alerting residents to a change in precinct. If you’re registered to vote…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JESSE BEDAYN PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald Trump sought to oust an incumbent he saw…
By KIM CHANDLER and DAVID A. LIEB Federal judges on Tuesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use a new congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state’s long-running redistricting…
HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to anger President Donald Trump and then fall to a primary challenger backed by the president. Trump handpicked and endorsed Ed…
The Mississippi Senate is following the state House’s lead in creating a special committee focused on the issue of redistricting. Two South Mississippi state senators are members of this committee, put into place by Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann. Brice Wiggins…
By JACK BROOK and DAVID A. LIEB BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican senators in Louisiana advanced a plan Wednesday to eliminate one of two majority-Black, Democratic-held congressional seats following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state’s U.S. House map as an…
By DAVID A. LIEB, JEFFREY COLLINS, JACK BROOK and KIM CHANDLER Missouri’s top court is hearing an important legal challenge Tuesday to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to become the most recent Republican…
By KIM CHANDLER and TRAVIS LOLLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Republican Alabama…
By DAVID A. LIEB A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle by providing Republican officials in several states new grounds to redraw voting districts. In Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced…
By JEFF AMY RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) — Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump’s endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.…
By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Governors in Florida and Mississippi signed into law measures that require officials to verify the citizenship of voters, just as similar legislation being pushed by President Donald Trump has stalled in Congress. The law signed Wednesday by Florida…
By SOPHIE BATES BOLTON, Miss. (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, beating back a primary challenge from a young antitrust lawyer with experience working in Washington. The 78-year-old civil rights leader…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Election Day voting got off to a calm start this morning at one Harrison County polling place. Voters moved through the…
As we move closer to primary election day, we have some reminders about absentee voting and deadlines. County Circuit Clerk Offices will be open Saturday, March 7 from…
By STEVEN SLOAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterms are here. The 2026 campaign kicked off Tuesday with high-profile primary elections in Texas, where Republican Sen. John Cornyn is heading toward a runoff vote against state attorney general Ken Paxton. Democrats chose state Rep. James Talarico over…
We are now one week out from polls opening across Mississippi for primary elections in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate and House races. A few things to keep in mind, polls on…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT DALLAS (AP) — Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is trying to hold on for a fifth term in Tuesday’s GOP primary, while Democrats will choose whether to send Rep. Jasmine Crockett or state Rep. James Talarico to a November general election where the party once again…
WXXV News 25’s Aubrey Spears is sitting down with candidates ahead of March’s primary election. State Representative Jeffrey Hulum is tossing his hat into the ring for…
It was Election Day in many states across the country Tuesday. Here in Mississippi, there were a variety of elections, the most important pertaining to the state legislature. Special elections…
South Mississippi’s Congressman Mike Ezell receives a major endorsement ahead of the 2026 midterm election cycle. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump endorsed Ezell’s re-election bid on social media.…
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WXXV)-Voters in South Mississippi went to the polls Tuesday for the Municipal General Election. The polls are now closed. The results for each race are below: Bay St. Louis: Ward 2: Eugene ‘Gene’ Hoffman IV (R)-199 votes Nancy…
On Tuesday, the City of Gulfport will elect a mayor. Mississippi’s second largest city will have a new leader with Billy Hewes deciding not to seek re-election. WXXV…
The in-person absentee voting for the June municipal elections is now open with less than two weeks to go until Election Day. Municipal clerk offices will open Saturday, May…