A runoff election in the state Supreme Court in Mississippi race is too close to call, with State Sen. Jenifer Branning and Justice Jim Kitchens neck and neck as of Wednesday morning.

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Emma Baker, Neil Berg, Andrew Chavez, Michael Beswetherick, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce,

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi attorney general is requesting an execution date for a man who's been on death row for 30 years, but his lawyer says the request is premature because the inmate still intends to take an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.