This year saw Mississippians go to the polls in record numbers, the Legislature called back into session to find a solution to the state’s bridge crisis while sports fans set aside their differences and cheered in one voice for the Bulldogs women’s basketball team. Mississippi Today photojournalist Eric J. Shelton shot and edited many of the images from these news events and more — from state Capitol debates to sports in Neshoba County and beyond to the dramatic moments of this year’s Senate elections.







