Data: BLS via FRED; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios If you had to pick one political advertisement to sum up voters' biggest economic beef heading into the midterms, it might have been the one about, well, beef: A viral spot for Mississippi's Democratic Senate candidate, Scott Colom, making fun of his opponent's comment that people should simply "pick another protein" to deal with higher beef prices. Why it matters: The spiking cost of red meat really...

The Chair of the Republican party in Mississippi, Mike Hurst, tells CNN’s Jake Tapper there may be as many as 25,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted

Dems Hold Slim Leads in Alaska, Mississippi Races

Live updates and the latest news as Trump heads to a NASA expo after GOP’s midterm defeat and vote counting continues in the Alaska and Mississippi Senate races.

Young Mississippians turned out in higher numbers for the 2026 midterm elections. Many cited the U.S. Senate race as the main reason why they voted.

The Mississippi Senate election could be determined by the mail-in ballots received after Election Day, whose legality was upheld by the Supreme Court.

Annie Grayer joins The Lead.