But here's the rub: Under Mississippi law, if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote on Nov. 6, the top two candidates, regardless of party affiliation, will duke it out in a Nov. 27 runoff election. If Republicans hold their Senate majority Tuesday as widely expected -- some polling suggests they could even gain seats -- such a runoff would be seen as a political postscript. “The hope is that Republicans can gain seats in other states and it won’t all be on us,” Melissa Scallan, the communications director for Hyde-Smith, told Fox News. One thing everyone seems to agree on is that if control of the Senate comes down to a runoff in Mississippi, the attention of the nation will shift to the South in the next few weeks. “If the fate of the Senate is going to be determined by who wins the runoff, both parties are going to throw everything they have available at Mississippi,” King said.

Source: Fox News November 05, 2018 12:33 UTC