Scott Colom, who is a twin, would also make history as Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction, if elected.

Former Department of Justice voting rights lawyer David Becker explains why the razor thin Mississippi midterm election is proceeding “exactly as it should.”

Data: BLS via FRED; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios If you had to pick one political advertisement to sum up voters' biggest economic beef heading into the midterms, it might have been the one about, well, beef: A viral spot for Mississippi's Democratic Senate candidate, Scott Colom, making fun of his opponent's comment that people should simply "pick another protein" to deal with higher beef prices. Why it matters: The spiking cost of red meat really...

The Chair of the Republican party in Mississippi, Mike Hurst, tells CNN’s Jake Tapper there may be as many as 25,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted

In Alaska, it is not abnormal for election results to take a while to count.

There are just four races for U.S. Senate and governor that The Associated Press has not yet called as of Thursday. Contests in Alaska, Kansas and Mississippi have narrow margins with votes still outstanding even as the scale of Democrats’ midterm victory across the country comes into focus,

Midterm results are still trickling in nationwide after Tuesday’s blue tsunami. Fmr. AG Eric Holder, Chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, joins The Weeknight to discuss the latest as the Mississippi Senate and several House races have yet to be called.

As Democrats took a victory lap, President Trump distanced himself from a dismal GOP showing as the White House was left to reckon with a historic rout.

Annie Grayer joins The Lead.