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Black Mississippians cheer Senate hopeful
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JACKSON, Miss. -- Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure Friday as he strolled through the Farish Street business district where Civil Rights leaders once organized.
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Democrat Scott Colom edged Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by 28 votes in unofficial returns, leaving Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race too close to call as ballots continued to be counted. Colom’s late surge came largely from counties that reported later, while both campaigns had urged supporter…
In Alaska's race, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan held a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Mary Peltola, and in the Mississippi Senate race, Democrat Scott Colm and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith were running neck-in-neck Wednesday morning.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - With about 95% of the expected vote counted, Democrat Scott Colom held a 43-vote edge over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith early Wednesday. The AP has not called the race. Click to read the rest HERE-> Mississippi Senate Race Too Close to Call as Democrat Colom Leads Sen.
Votes are still being counted to determine who will represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. Democrat Scott Colom was only a handful of votes ahead of Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith early Wednesday.
The Senate race in deep-red Mississippi remains unresolved Wednesday morning, as Democrat Scott Colom has mounted a surprisingly competitive challenge to incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remained too close to call early Wednesday, with Democratic challenger Scott Colom holding a razor-thin lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith (R-Miss.) by less than one percentage point.
The Senate race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Scott Colom remains uncalled. Mississippi election law does not provide for automatic or requested recounts.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- All eyes are on Mississippi as a U.S. Senate seat sits on a razor's edge. At last check, less than 100 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom from Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, and there are still thousands of affidavit votes to be counted.
One of Election Day’s most surprising results still isn’t final: the extraordinarily close Mississippi Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom, who could become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.
The Senate race between Democratic candidate Scott Colom and incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is extremely tight and could take days or weeks to sort out.
Should Scott Colom, a local prosecutor, ultimately succeed in his bid for the seat, it will further pad the majority the Democrats achieved in the midterms.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi is still too close to call as voters wait to learn whether Republican Incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith will hold onto the seat or if Democrat Scott Colom will be the first African American ever elected in the state.
The Mississippi Senate race could be headed for the courts, as two candidates are locked in a tight contest with no recount procedure on the books. The election between Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom remained too close to call as of Wednesday evening, with Colom leading by…
The Democrat in Mississippi’s Senate race expanded his narrow lead over the incumbent senator Wednesday, possibly giving Democrats yet another seat to pad their majority. Democrat Scott Colom now leads Sen.
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