The Democratic Party flipped several seats and made significant gains during Tuesday’s municipal elections across Mississippi.

The day-to-day functions of municipal government often don’t involve partisan policy decisions. But local elections can gauge voters’ moods before congressional midterms next year and the 2027 statewide election for governor.

The election results as of Wednesday afternoon are not official because local election workers will still process mail-in absentee votes for five business days after the election and process affidavit ballots.

The unofficial and incomplete results of some Mississippi mayoral races on Tuesday:

Gulfport

In one of the most hotly contested municipal elections this year, Republican Hugh Keating defeated Democrat Sonya Williams Barnes.

Keating

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