The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in ...

Rickey Cole, 58, is a farmer and the former two-term chair of Mississippi’s Democratic Party. If anyone understands rural Mississippi voters—and their shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican ...

former governor (1936-40) and battle-scarred veteran of Mississippi politics ... as assistant U.S. district attorney to make the race. Blow for Blow. As the campaign began, young Candidate ...

Not to be overwrought, but the current presidential race is akin to a death penalty case. It’s a relief that Harris is ...

Hurricane Francine strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, the storm is expected to hit Louisiana after ...

The governor's seat is not up for election.

A new analysis of American elections finds that in half of all races for partisan offices, a candidate runs unopposed.

The state of Mississippi is spending over $100 million on illegal immigration, according to a new report by the state -- with the governor blaming it on an "intentional failure" by the Biden ...

For National Baptists, Harris bid drives new excitement with potential for a Black woman with a shared faith background to ...

Democrats and Republicans are offering very different visions of the true USA. Simon Schama on the struggle to define national pride ...

The political forecasting site Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball has shifted the North Carolina governor’s race toward Democrats ...

North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once ...