In Mississippi, county election offices have until Nov. 13 to confirm election results thanks to a now-defunct state law allowing the counting of mail-in absentee ballots for five days following the election as long as those ballots were post-marked by Election Day.
In the Mississippi Supreme Court Central District and the only contested Mississippi Court of Appeals race, both dragged on through Tuesday night with no candidate clearly gaining a 50% plus one majority needed for absolute victory.
Former President Donald Trump won Mississippi on Tuesday, claiming the state's six electoral votes and continuing a long winning streak for Republicans. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Republican Rep. Michael Guest won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi. Guest was unopposed this year in the primary and general election in central Mississippi’s 3rd District.