Posted: 11:45 AM The race for attorney general of Mississippi pits incumbent Democrat Jim Hood against Republican Steve Simpson, the former commissioner for public safety.

Posted: 11:45 AM Mississippians who want to vote in the Nov. 8 general election must be registered by this weekend.

Updated: 5:32 PM The Independent candidate in the District 83 race in Mississippi continued his campaign this weekend

Updated: 12:18 AM A political rally was held on the eve of an annual festival in Quitman

Updated: 7:36 PM Candidate for governor, Phil Bryant and Johnny DuPree, will square off in a debate Oct. 14. It will air on WTOK-TV.

Posted: 11:40 PM A week after the special election of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Beasley Denson has conceded in the race for chief.

Updated: 12:09 AM Mississippi election commissioners voted Tuesday to remove two Reform Party candidates from the Nov. 8 ballot, saying the candidates couldn't prove they meet residency requirements.

Updated: 3:08 PM The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that two ballot initiatives on personhood and eminent domain can appear the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

Updated: 11:05 AM The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians released the final totals for the Sept. 6 elections, which includes absentee ballots.

Updated: 8:05 PM Choctaw chief-elect Phyliss Anderson inherits a job that has been mired in controversy for months. But she says she's up to the task.

Updated: 11:05 AM Phyliss Anderson leads incumbent Beasley Denson 2011 to 1523 in the race for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. There is a close race for tribal council in Conehatta. the incumbent has a large lead for council in Pearl River.

Updated: 7:08 PM The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is voting Tuesday for chief and two tribal council seats.

Posted: 7:55 AM A candidate running for the House of Representatives in the Magnolia state hosted a campaign rally in Meridian on Saturday.

Updated: 8:40 PM A list of Lauderdale County candidates in contested races Nov. 8.

Updated: 9:20 PM Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will head to the polls again Sept. 6 to choose a chief. Candidate Phyliss Anderson addressed campaign topics, including why she declined a debate.

Updated: 8:28 PM With the primaries now completed, Newscenter 11 caught up with Lauderdale County District 2 supervisor, Wayman Newell.

Posted: 7:56 PM Lauderdale County teacher Kyle Rutledge won decisively in the runoff with longtime incumbent Ray Boswell. A Democrat, Daniel Cook, is withdrawing from the race, so Rutledge has no opposition in the general election.

Updated: 12:34 AM With the primaries completed, attention now turns to the general election in November.

Updated: 12:35 AM Lauderdale County's tax assessor, Jimmy Slay, who was defeated for re-election, thanked voters Wednesday.

Updated: 12:38 PM Lauderdale County District 5 supervisor's candidate Daniel Cook has withdrawn from the race, meaning GOP winner Kyle Rutledge faces no opposition in November.

Updated: 12:52 PM Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree has won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor

Updated: 12:01 PM Challenger Kyle Rutledge has defeated incumbent Ray Boswell in the Republican Primary runoff/

Updated: 7:59 PM Local political races appear to be drawing the most attention to primary runoffs in Mississippi.

Posted: 10:43 AM Officials say early voting is light in Mississippi's Democratic and Republican primary runoffs.

Updated: 7:25 PM Mississippi voters will decide several runoffs in Tuesday's elections