Colom's overnight lead shrinks to just 28 votes
2 Nov 4 2:20 AM · 4d ago · 44 articles · 3 videos · 22 posts · 3 comments · 6 sources · development 2 of 8
Out of nearly a million ballots cast, Colom led Hyde-Smith by only 28 votes at midnight, with over 95 percent of ballots counted and roughly 15,000 affidavit ballots still outstanding.
“Democrat Scott Colom is currently ahead in Mississippi by 28 votes.”
Mother JonesScott Colom Democratic Senate candidate
Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican incumbent senatorAaron Hitefield Assistant professor, Political Science, MississippiMississippi Republican Party State GOP organization
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 7 claims were published in its stretch
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first by CBS News, 4d ago · also BBC, Straight Arrow, Joe.My.God., The Hill, HuffPost, NPR +4
14 more headlines
- Where the toss-up Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska stand CBS News · 4d ago
- Democrat leads by just over 1,000 votes in surprisingly tight Mississippi Senate race BBC · 4d ago
- Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi's Senate race by just 1,138 votes Straight Arrow · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race May Take Days To Resolve Joe.My.God. · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate race too close to call The Hill · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate midterm race unresolved with surprisingly competitive challenge by Democrat CBS News · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate race separated by just 43 votes with 96% counted Straight Arrow · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race Too Close To Call With Most Votes Counted HuffPost · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race Is Still Too Close To Call Joe.My.God. · 4d ago
- Votes are still being counted in Mississippi U.S. Senate race NPR · 4d ago
- Who won Mississippi’s midterm Senate race? We may not know for a while Mississippi Today · 4d ago
- What Senate races are left to be decided Washington Examiner · 4d ago
- Scott Colom projects victory in razor-thin Mississippi Senate race as uncounted ballots linger WLBT · 4d ago
- Mississippi's tight Senate race could hinge on ‘affidavit’ ballots Democracy Docket · 4d ago
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first by NBC News, 4d ago · also ABC7 Los Angeles, ABC7 Bay Area, Verite News New Orleans, Mississippi Today, Associated Press, Mississippi Free Press
5 more headlines
- Midterm election 2026 live results: Dems take back Congress, Mississippi Senate race separated by dozens of votes ABC7 Los Angeles · 4d ago
- Midterm election 2026 live results: Mississippi Senate race separated by dozens of votes ABC7 Bay Area · 4d ago
- Mississippi Senate election remains too close to call early Wednesday Verite News New Orleans · 4d ago
- What's delaying the US Senate election results in Mississippi and Alaska? Associated Press · 4d ago
- Liveblog: Mississippi's 2026 U.S. Senate Election Results Mastodon · 4d ago
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first by The Washington Sun, 4d ago · also Mississippi Free Press
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- Mississippi Senate Race Between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith Remains Uncalled as Vote Margin Shrinks to a Few Dozen Political.org · 4d ago
- Democrat Scott Colom Leads Mississippi US Senate Race by 28 Votes Against Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith Mississippi Free Press · 4d ago
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first by Mississippi Today, 4d ago · also Washington Times
1 more headline
- Too close to call: Dozens of votes separate Mississippi GOP incumbent, Dem challenger so far Washington Times · 4d ago
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first by NPR News, 4d ago · also NPR Politics
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first by Forbes Business, 4d ago
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Now we know why Trump went to Mississippi (Senate race not called yet, Dem currently up by 43 votes)
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holy fuck #1: the chance of # mississippi going # democrat as a real possibility? #2: look at the fucking vote tally! it's practically a tie if there is any # MAGA "vote rigged" bullshit this is the race those turds will descend on https://www. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elec tions/mississippi-senate-results # midterms # midtermElections # election…
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5% haven’t been counted in hinds which votes 4 to 1 democrat and covers the jackson area. the other counties are not guaranteed blue and the affidavit votes remain a mystery and the votes that get allowed may determine the winner.
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1pm: Colom ahead by 65 votes with 96% of votes counted, per @apnews.com
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More about the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi. https://www. democracydocket.com/news-alert s/mississippis-tight-senate-race-could-hinge-on-affidavit-ballots/
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For anyone that still claims that your vote doesn’t matter, I point to exhibit A.
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The race for Mississippi’s Senate seat remains extremely close: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and Scott Colom (D) are still essentially tied with 97 percent of the vote counted. Mississippi hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 and the seat is rated as likely Republican by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Hyde-Smith, who has served…
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I hope they do but Jeffries has already said they have no plans of "getting even"
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“Mississippi’s U.S. Senate election between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom was too close to call in the early hours of the morning on Nov. 4. At midnight, Colom led Hyde-Smith by just 28 votes out of nearly 1 million cast” https://www. mississippifreepress.org/democ…
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The Senate race in Mississippi (!) is neck and neck as of this moment. Only a few hundred votes separate Democrat Scott Colom and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith with 95 percent of the ballots counted, NBC News is reporting. Here's a close look from @mississippifreepress.org@bsky.brid.gy RE:
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Mississippi election workers are counting ballots amid a tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom. https://www. mississippifreepress.org/liveb log-mississippis-2026-u-s-senate-election-results/
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If you’re not watching the Senate race in Mississippi you should be, because it is extremely close. As in, right now, TWENTY-EIGHT VOTES close https://www. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elec tions/mississippi-senate-results # USPol
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I did not start my day thinking I'd be wondering what the automatic recount threshold is in Mississippi https:// apnews.com/projects/elections- 2026/mississippi-us-senate-results/
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Mississippi. À une quarantaine de voix près. https://www. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elec tions/mississippi-senate-results
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ミシシッピの乗員は開票率95.6%で43票差か。 https://www. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elec tions/mississippi-senate-results
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