This post will be updated as results are available.

Second-term state Rep. Jon Lancaster, a Republican from Houston, trailed behind his Democratic challenger, Justin Crosby, on Tuesday night in a special general election.

Crosby, a political newcomer, received 2,767 votes to Lancaster’s 2,477, according to incomplete results with all precincts reporting. The race, which includes Chickasaw, Monroe and Clay counties, is one of the areas where a federal court ordered legislators to remake into a majority-Black district.

The final vote tallies can change because local election officials can process absentee ballots for up to five days after the election.

A federal three-judge panel ordered Mississippi to conduct special elections for 14 legislative seats this year because the court determi

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