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Election season ended Tuesday night with Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith winning Mississippi's Senate seat. David Weigel, national correspondent for The Washington Post took a look at what the race means for 2020 and join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss.
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith has won Mississippi's Senate runoff race. She defeated Democrat Mike Epsy in an election marred by her controversial remark on attending a public hanging. Caleb Bedillion, government and politics reporter for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, joins CBSN to explain how Hyde-Smith won.
In special run-off election, Republican Hyde-Smith has become the first woman elected to the Senate from the state
The last federal election of 2018 remains up for grabs, even though Republicans once thought it was in the bag. Leslie Sanchez, a GOP strategist and CBS News contributor, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the Mississippi Senate race.
Voters cast their ballots for Mississippi Senate candidates Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy Tuesday. Neither candidate won 50 percent of the vote in the general election, forcing a runoff. The state could soon have its first elected female senator or first black senator since Reconstruction. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.
President Trump traveled to Mississippi Monday to make the case that people need to get out and vote for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces Democrat Mike Espy on Tuesday in a runoff election. CBSNews.com White House reporter Kathryn Watson joins CBSN from Biloxi, Mississippi, to discuss the rallies.
"I'm voting for Smith, I just think she's the less of the two evils," says one Republican voter
The president spent several hours Monday night in Mississippi on a mission to hold onto the last U.S. Senate seat to be decided this year. He led two campaign rallies for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith who faces a runoff election against Mike Espy today. Ed O'Keefe reports.
The president has defended the Republican candidate amid her controversial remarks
The president hit the campaign trail Monday in Mississippi for one last rally of this election cycle. He appeared on behalf of GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith ahead of tomorrow's Senate runoff election. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe is following this high-stakes race.
One sign read: "We're hanging nooses to remind people that times haven't changed"
Mississippi goes to the polls on Tuesday for a special election run-off in the U.S. Senate race
A spokesperson for U.S. baseball's governing body said the contribution was made in connection to an event attended by MLB lobbyists.
Mississippi's attorney general will appeal a federal judge's ruling that struck down one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S.
At a debate Tuesday, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith appeared to walk back comments that she would attend a public hanging. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN's Reena Ninan to discuss how the candidate's remarks have given an edge to Democratic candidate Mike Espy in the very red South.
Voters in Mississippi are gearing up for Tuesday's Senate runoff election. Former Rep. Mike Espy, a Democrat, is up against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. The two faced off during a debate, during which Hyde-Smith publicly responded to her controversial comment on public hangings. Bobby Harrison, senior Capitol reporter for Mississippi Today, joined CBSN from Jackson to break down the high-stakes race.
Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy met for the only debate before the special election on Nov. 27
Recreational marijuana is now available for sale in Massachusetts. It's the seventh state to open retail marijuana shops, but the first to open east of the Mississippi. CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil reports.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican, is seen in new video talking about making it more difficult for liberals to vote. Her campaign spokeswoman says she was joking
Michael Avenatti in custody on suspicion of domestic violence; 10-year-old tour guide charms tourists in Japanese garden
Mike Espy says Cindy Hyde-Smith should fully explain her recent comment about being on the front row of a public hanging if invited to one
The first big winter storm of the season turned deadly when a tour bus overturned on a slick Mississippi highway. The storm could bring snow, ice and rain from Arkansas to Maine. CBS News correspondent Don Dahler reports.
In northern Mississippi, a tour bus overturned on an icy highway ramp, killing two people and injuring 44 others
Home hit by possible tornado collapsed outside Nashville, leaving occupant dead
Truck driver 22-year-old Hunter Newman of Marietta, Mississippi, charged with aggravated assault
Conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk died Wednesday after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University.
President Trump is attending the ceremony at the Pentagon.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking an event at Utah Valley University. Authorities have not identified a suspect.
The ICE raid that swept up 300 South Koreans in Georgia has strained an important bilateral relationship, and highlighted a significant challenge.
Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted of accepting cash and gold bars in exchange for political favors.
Britain's Ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, has been fired by Prime Minister Keir Starmer over "the depth and extent" of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump says he assured Qatar's leader that Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha wouldn't be repeated. Netanyahu has threatened to do just that.
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On a rare trip back to the U.K., devoted mostly to charity events, Prince Harry may have begun the reconciliation with his family he's said he wants.