We’ll be live-blogging the election results all night long, so stick with us right here!
Tuesday evening marks the last senatorial election of 2018, with Democratic contender Mike Espy and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith duking it out for the top prize in Mississippi.
The two first faced off during the November 6 midterm elections, but neither was able to cinch the 50 percent of the vote needed to take the Senate seat and so the race went into runoffs.
Polls opened throughout Mississippi starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 7 p.m. Results should start coming in shortly after that and a decision is expected to be reached tonight. We’ll be live-blogging the election results all night long, so stick with us right here!
Republican candidate for Senate Cindy Hyde-Smith and President Donald Trump wave as they exit Air Force One upon arrival for a rally at the Tupelo Regional Airport, in Tupelo, Mississippi, on November 26. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
While the initial election was tight—Espy received just 0.4 points less than Hyde-Smith, the Republican is expected to win the runoff with a much wider margin.
