In the races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats in Mississippi, both Republican incumbents, Roger Wicker and Mike Ezell respectively, won re-election, according to unofficial election returns Tuesday night.

Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has defeated Democrat Ty Pinkins, a challenger who received little financial support from his own party in a heavily Republican state. Wicker, 73, is extending his 30-year career on Capitol Hill.

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Republican Sen. Roger Wicker has won the race for senator to represent Mississippi. Incumbent Wicker ran against Democrat Ty Pinkins. Wicker was first elected to the U.S. House in a northern Mississippi district in 1994 and was appointed to the Senate in 2007 by then-Gov. Haley Barbour.

Democrat Ty Pinkins has jogged along highways and past cotton fields to try to draw attention to his effort to unseat Mississippi's senior Republican U.S. senator, Roger Wicker.Pinkins acknowledges it's a tough campaign.

Mississippi's senior U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is running for a sixth term. The Republican faces Democratic challenger Ty Pinkins in the Nov. 5 general election. Wicker said if reelected, he has plans to boost the military.

Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is trying to extend his 30-year career on Capitol Hill as he faces Democrat Ty Pinkins, a challenger who received little financial support from his own party in a heavily Republican state.