Election night photos – look back

President-elect Barack Obama looks out into the crowd after his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,left, delivers remarks during an election night rally in Phoenix Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Joining him on stage are from right, wife Cindy McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, [...]

Childers, Harper, Thompson, Taylor win races

The Associated Press
JACKSON – Mississippi’s U.S. House races didn’t yield any surprises as three Democratic incumbents were re-elected and Republicans held onto a fourth seat.
Incumbent U.S. Reps. Bennie Thompson, Gene Taylor and Travis Childers won re-election. As expected, Republican Gregg Harper, in his first political run, won the 3rd District seat that came open after [...]

Childers defeats Davis in 1st District rematch

The Associated Press
JACKSON – Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers has again defeated Republican Greg Davis in a race for the 1st District in north Mississippi.
Tuesday’s election was rematch between the two candidates. In May, Childers defeated Davis in a special election for the seat that became vacant after Republican Roger Wicker moved to the Senate.
Childers [...]

Wicker defeats Musgrove in US Senate race in Miss.

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON – Republican Roger Wicker defeated Democratic former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove in a special election to fill Trent Lott’s old U.S. Senate seat.
Republican Thad Cochran also won a sixth term in the U.S. Senate, easily defeating Democrat Erik Fleming.
Wicker spent 14 years as north Mississippi’s 1st District congressman, and [...]