Democrats in Mississippi broke a supermajority Republicans held in the state Senate for 13 years. According to Mississippi Today, Democrats gained two new seats on Tuesday night. Although the GOP maintains firm control of the Mississippi Legislature, Democrats may be able to block initiatives on certain votes. Mississippi Democrats appear to break Republican supermajority in state Senate https://t.co/5KvyLXwCIO — POLITICO (@politico) November 6, 2025 Mississippi Today shared more: In a reconfigured Senate district in northwestern Mississippi, voters elected Democrat Theresa Gillespie over Republican Charlie Hoots. In another redrawn district in the Pine Belt region around Hattiesburg, Democrat Johnny DuPree defeated Republican Anna Rush. Republicans previously represented these two areas, but a federal court earlier this year determined the state violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered the state to redraw them into majority-Black districts. Two Senate races, one in the Jackson area and one in the Delta, are still undecided because a Dec. 2 runoff will decide the winners, but they are not expected to further tilt partisan power. In both of these races, the elections are nonpartisan, though the winner will likely declare a partisan affiliation after taking office. In both elections, the candidates are seeking to replace longtime Democratic senators. Mississippi had a mix of partisan and nonpartisan special elections Tuesday. Special elections are nonpartisan when an office holder leaves during a term. But in the elections for the redrawn districts, candidates ran with party labels. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee called it a “stunning victory.” BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate! In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents. pic.twitter.com/VG5A01Ad45 — Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@DLCC) November 5, 2025 The “stunning victory” in Mississippi was among the defeats Republicans suffered around the country on Tuesday night. Fox contributor: Democrats didn't just win in blue places. They broke the supermajority in the Mississippi state legislature. They flipped seats in Texas. They won parts of Virginia that are deep red. Democrats won all over the country. pic.twitter.com/uJSA8BUJd8 — FactPost (@factpostnews) November 5, 2025 WLBT noted: To keep the supermajority, Republicans needed to hold 35 seats. Former Hattiesburg mayor Johnny DuPree won Senate District 45 with around 70 percent of the vote, and Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom won in Senate District 2, taking two seats from Republicans. The Republican majority dropped from 36 to 34. Most bills are passed using a majority vote (50% + 1), but sometimes a supermajority is needed, such as a two-thirds vote (66%). In the Mississippi Senate, that would be 35 people. The Mississippi Democratic Party proclaimed that the breaking of the supermajority is a “historic rebuke to extremism.” “Last night’s victory proves that Mississippi is no longer a foregone conclusion—we are a battleground state,” stated the party’s chairman, Cheikh Taylor. In response, the Mississippi Republican Party called the special election results “disappointing but not totally unexpected, as Republicans were the underdogs in these gerrymandered districts drawn by an unelected court pursuant to a misapplied federal statute that has been weaponized by interest groups.”