African-American voters have consistently supported the former senator and secretary of State in the South, says Ron Elving, and that appears to be the case again tonight.
A large turnout among evangelicals didn't stop Trump in the southern state, while a strong performance among African-American voters gave Clinton another win.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Charles Evers, the brother of late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, about his endorsement of Donald Trump after Mississippi polls closed Tuesday night.
The leading contenders are believed to be Merrick Garland and Sri Srinivasan of the D.C. court of appeals and Paul Watford of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.