It's an Election Night Tuesday, as the polls are now closed in Mississippi in the special Senate runoff election
I was just poking around on the website of the Mississippi Secretary of State when I found this list of crimes which prevents you from voting in the Magnolia State 
If you're looking for the results of the first round of voting, you won't find it on the Mississippi Secretary of State's website
The latest polling in Mississippi gives President Trump a 56% approval rating, which should be good news for Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
While we wait...in other election news, the Maine Secretary of State evidently missed counting over 6,000 votes in ME2 maine.gov/sos/news/2018/…
In North Carolina, Democrats objected to a final certification in NC9 (where the GOP won) - seemingly claiming voter fraud, but offering no evidence charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-…
And in California, they still have over half a million votes to count. That state's deadline is December 7 (this is normal)
First big results from Mississippi are from DeSoto County (suburbs of Memphis). Hyde-Smith up 53-47% there over Espy
Yes, it's early, but Mike Espy can say he was in the lead tonight
And most election experts would agree that an Espy victory would be a huge upset
Sometimes you get interesting results in certain precincts that don't track the overall race (data courtesy NYT)
10% of precincts reporting and Republicans have the lead in Mississippi 53-47%
Espy makes big gains in the first precincts from Hinds County, which is where he would need very large turnout/margins
From one Senate elections expert who knows her stuff
One GOP expert is a bit worried by what he sees so far
Big GOP numbers still to come from Rankin County (east of Jackson). Hyde-Smith leads with 25% reporting
Gotta love Election Geek humor
Just a reminder that President Trump won Mississippi easily in 2016
First batch of votes in from Rankin County (east of Jackson) goes big for Hyde-Smith at 75-25%
Next door in Hinds County (west of Jackson) Espy leads 90-10% with 20 of 110 precincts in. 7,296 to 805.
Madison County (NE of Jackson) went 56-41% for Trump. Espy leads 51-49 with 10 of 42 precincts in.
Lead remains comfortable for Hyde-Smith with 40% reporting
Hard to see how the Republicans lose this Senate race tonight.
Hyde-Smith continues to hold a solid lead with almost 70% reporting
