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A remarkable Senate campaign shows how ‘Mississippi matters’
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Scott Colom’s U.S. Senate victory in Mississippi was both narrow and historic. His slogan reframed the state’s troubled past and focused on hopes for a brighter future.
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Democrat Scott Colom held a narrow, growing lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s still-uncalled Senate race as officials continued reviewing ballots and both sides prepared for possible legal challenges.
By Annie Grayer, CNN Brookhaven, Mississippi (CNN) — As the Mississippi Senate race still remains too close to call, Democrat Scott Colom and GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith have taken completely different approaches towards the public.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Secretary of State Michael Watson (R-Miss.) provided an update on the 2026 General Election in Mississippi. As of November 9, 2026, Watson said 75 out of 82 counties have uploaded the unofficial results. He said there are 2,732 absentee mail in ballots still out.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Mississippi U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott remains uncalled, as numbers show Colom ahead by more than 2,500 votes. This comes as the DeSoto County Election Commission prepares to count affidavit and mail-in ballots this week.
Mississippi has significantly more voters who cast affidavit ballots than the number of votes separating the two Senate candidates in the closely contested U.S. Senate race. As of Monday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,574-vote lead over Republican incumbent Sen.
Scott Colom’s lead over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith grew to nearly 2,600 votes Monday, a day before the deadline to count provisional ballots and receive absentee ballots.
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is “feeling very optimistic” about her reelection odds despite her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom, narrowly leading her in the Senate race with over 95 percent of the vote counted as of Tuesday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On Wednesday, Mississippi voters could finally learn the winner in the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom, who remains in the lead. Voters will also learn how many affidavit ballots were rejected or accepted and counted.
Deputy clerk Devin Black, right, assists Cheryl McGee and Johnny McGee Sr., who came to verify their identification after voting by affidavit on Election Day, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson.
Mississippi, a state not known for close elections, now sits in the center of the national spotlight as an unusually high number of absentee and provisional ballots will determine the size of the Democratic majority in the Senate.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Raphael Warnock wasn’t trying to make the crowd laugh. “There’s one race I think we’re sleeping on, and that’s Mississippi,” the Georgia senator said as he talked up Democrats’ big plans for the year at a Washington, DC, fundraiser in April.
Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom (D) extended his slim lead by more than 3,000 votes over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) ahead of two crucial ballot deadlines in the week after Democrats saw sweeping victories in the midterm elections.
The Hinds County Election Commission finalizes the vote count in Mississippi's Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.
By Fredreka Schouten Scott Colom will defeat GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.
Democrats have done the unthinkable and flipped a Senate seat in Mississippi. Democrat Scott Colom beat incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith with 49.19 percent of the vote, CNN projected on Wednesday, over one week after the election. Colom leads with more than 4,500 votes.
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