Election results in a runoff for state Supreme Court remain too close to call Wednesday morning as votes continue to be counted.

Meridian and Lauderdale County voters were joined by others across the 22 county District 1 in voting in Tuesday’s runoff election for District 1 Seat 3 after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the Nov. 5 general election.

On the ballot, incumbent Justice Jim Kitchens is running for a third term on the bench against state Sen. Jenifer Branning, an attorney from Philadelphia. The winner will serve and eight-year term.

Lauderdale County voters overwhelmingly chose Branning for the seat with 6,229, or 75.3% of the votes cast in Tuesday’s runoff, according to unofficial results from the Lauderdale County Circuit Clerk’s office. Kitchens received 2,025 votes or 24.5%.

Across the district, however, the results show a much closer race. According to the Associated Press, Branning maintains a lead of just 518 votes, or 0.44%, of approximately 128,000 votes cast, as of midnight Tuesday. The AP estimated approximately 11,000 votes were still waiting to be counted.