What Went Down In The Mississippi Senate Runoff Election

While Hyde-Smith has run significantly behind the GOP’s performance in the initial vote, she actually ran ahead in George County in the southeastern corner near Biloxi (a place Trump campaigned yesterday). It’s now 100 percent reporting and Hyde-Smith won it by 70 points, 85 to 15 percent, after the GOP carried it by 67 points in the first round.

With 100 percent reporting in DeSoto, Hyde-Smith wins it 59 percent to 41 percent, down from the 65-35 Republican advantage on Nov. 6. GOP turnout was 78 percent of Round 1, while Democratic turnout was 99 percent. It looks like Espy is holding on to all his votes from Round 1, while plenty of McDaniel voters didn’t show up for Hyde-Smith tonight. But that’s OK for Hyde-Smith, since she got more votes than Espy in Round 1 anyway.