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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi Dems have now flipped two state Senate seats--putting them on the verge of breaking the GOP's supermajority
BREAKING: Mississippi Democrats have now flipped two state Senate seatsâputting them on the verge of breaking the Mississippi GOP's supermajority.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman.bsky.social) 2025-11-05T05:03:05.275Z
Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.
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Mississippi Dems have now flipped two state Senate seats--putting them on the verge of breaking the GOP's supermajority (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Nov 2025
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SSJVegeta
(2,848 posts)1. Oh be still my heart
The fact one of them was a black woman in MS is even more poetic.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)2. The local, state and fed GOP must be in a total panic about now,
even deep red MS is voting out incumbent MAGAt's for, wait for it........a black woman.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)3. Rec
Tactical Peek
(1,419 posts)4. We appear to have broken the R supermajority in the Senate.
Due to the redistricting, Democrats picked up two seats in the Mississippi Senate and one seat in the Mississippi House. The gains in the Senate broke the Republican supermajority, reducing the GOP seats to 34 in the 52-seat chamber.
https://magnoliatribune.com/2025/11/04/democrats-pick-up-seats-in-mississippi-house-senate-due-to-court-ordered-special-redistricting-elections/
https://magnoliatribune.com/2025/11/04/democrats-pick-up-seats-in-mississippi-house-senate-due-to-court-ordered-special-redistricting-elections/
berniesandersmittens
(13,194 posts)5. Yes!
This has been an amazing night for our country!