Democrats see the results from Tuesday as a signal of a resurgence in a red state while Republicans believe they remain in a good position statewide.

The Mississippi Democratic Party is celebrating what it called “major victories” in Tuesday’s municipal elections, results its chairman, State Rep. Cheikh Taylor, says signal a “Democratic resurgence” in the traditionally conservative state.

Yet, the Mississippi Republican Party, for its part, believes they remain in a good position statewide.

“While we lost some hard-fought battles in municipal elections [Tuesday], Republicans are still winning the war overall throughout our great state,” Republican Party chairman Mike Hurst said.

Pointing to Democrat wins in the mayor’s offices in Brookhaven, Vicksburg, Jackson, Greenwood, Horn Lake, Co

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