Five Black governors will serve at the same time for the first time in America’s history. Hours after Black governors-elect on opposite sides of the political spectrum became firsts, two more wins followed, and an incumbent won reelection.

A close contest in Mississippi is among the handful of Senate races that still had not been called by The Associated Press as of midday Wednesday.

All eyes are on Mississippi, to see if Democrat Scott Colom will pull off an historic upset over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Attorneys for Lane Mitchell argue that another trial for attempted first-degree murder would violate his right from being tried twice for the same crime while the Mississippi Court of Appeals considered the trial court’s ruling a dismissal rather than an acquittal that determined guilt or innocence.

Wednesday’s Joint Legislative Budget Committee meeting was just the latest step in the state budget process.