'Inroads in tough territory': Dems break GOP supermajority in deep red state

The Democratic party's sweeping Tuesday night victories included many high profile ones, but over in deep red Mississippi, for the first time in years, the party broke the Republican supermajority by flipping two seats, Newsweek reports.

The wins come after court-ordered special redistricting elections that were intended to give greater representation to the state's Black voters.

The redistricting stemmed from a 2022 lawsuit brought by the Mississippi NAACP, which said that the state had diluted Black voting power despite Black residents comprising about 40 percent of the population.

In April 2025, a panel of 3 federal judges all appointed by Republican former President George W. Bush ordered the creation of more majority-minority districts, leading to special elections in contested areas

The win also comes, Newsweek notes, "as a widespread rebuke of President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress."

According to local news website Magnolia Tribune, Democrats gained two seats in the state Senate — Senate District 2 and Senate District 45 — and secured additional House representation, with Justin Crosby’s victory in District 22.

Crosby's goal was to flip the seat and his candidacy was supported by the Working Families Party, a national progressive political organization that describes itself as a "multiracial party of the working class". It aims to build political power for working people by recruiting, training, and electing progressive candidates at local and state levels.

"These gains reduced Republicans’ hold to 34 seats in the 52-member Senate, ending the GOP’s supermajority," they write.

The win comes not just for Mississippi, Newsweek notes, but "also the national landscape, as Democrats attempt to rebuild influence in the South and defend voting rights as legal battles over redistricting and the Voting Rights Act play out in federal courts."

Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, told the Magnolia Tribune,"Tonight is an exciting victory for the DLCC and state Democrats in Mississippi who have worked tirelessly to make inroads in tough territory."