Mississippi’s population is about 59% white and 38% Black. In the legislative redistricting plan adopted in 2022, 15 of the 52 Senate districts and 42 of the 122 House districts are majority Black.

Kamesha Mumford hopes to with the Senate seat in Mississippi’s District 26, which was left vacant after John Horhn was ...

Polls in a portion of northwest Monroe County will be open Aug. 5 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the District 16 Mississippi House ...

Mississippi's population is about 59% white and 38% Black. In the legislative redistricting plan adopted in 2022, 15 of the 52 Senate districts and 42 of the 122 House districts are majority Black.

As of 2024, there are 42-Black majority districts in the 122-member House (34.4%) and 15 Black majority districts in the 52-member Senate (28.8%). More on 2022 redistricting.

The Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners is asking the Mississippi U.S. Court for the Southern District for more time to hold special elections after a ruling that Mississippi's 2022 ...

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Mississippi’s population is about 59% white and 38% Black. In the legislative redistricting plan adopted in 2022, 15 of the 52 Senate districts and 42 of the 122 House districts are majority Black.

Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state.