Scott Colom's lead over Hyde-Smith widens in uncalled Mississippi Senate race
Democrat Scott Colom's margin over GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has grown past 1,900 votes as Mississippi counts remaining affidavit ballots, with no certification until Nov. 13.
What to know
- Colom's lead over Hyde-Smith has grown steadily each day, from 28 votes on election night to over 1,800-2,000 votes by Nov. 6, as remaining affidavit ballots are counted.
- Mississippi has no automatic recount law, meaning any challenge to the result would require a separate legal push; certification is due by Nov. 13.
- A Colom win would make him Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to hold the seat in 44 years.
- The state GOP chair has vowed to 'fight like hell' over the vote count as Colom's margin widens, raising the possibility of a legal contest.
The dispute Some commenters treat Colom's eventual win as near-certain given the trend of remaining ballots, while others insist the race is too close and procedurally fragile (no recount law) to call before certification. · positions read across 161 posts and comments
This is a historic, deserved win building momentum and poetic justice against Hyde-Smith.
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“I love that for Cyndy KKK-Smith. This is proper retribution for her blocking Colom's judge appointment during Biden's admin.”
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Don't celebrate yet — the count is close and slow, and anything could still happen.
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“I hope so, but this is agonizing. I'm not doing happy dance until all votes are in, because as we know, things can turn on a dime in these slow counts.”
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Because Mississippi lacks an automatic recount law, Hyde-Smith or the GOP may pursue a legal fight to force a recount or contest the result.
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“I assumed that they had an automatic recount, but the state has none of that. Once she has been confirmed beaten, look for Hyde-Smith to try to get a conservative federal judge to force a recount, that is the only way one happens.”
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Trump's relative silence on Mississippi, compared to his focus on Alaska, is notable.
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“Funny how Trump is still stirring up shit in Alaska but hasn't mentioned Mississippi”
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Scott Colom Democratic Senate candidate
Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican incumbent senatorAaron Hitefield Assistant professor, Political Science, MississippiMississippi Republican Party State GOP organization
How it unfolded 8 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideospostscomments
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Professor points to 'voter apathy' toward Hyde-Smith as a factor
A Mississippi political science professor said voters appeared unenthusiastic about Hyde-Smith while Colom generated genuine enthusiasm, offering an explanation for the race's unexpected closeness.
“Colom's a really high-quality candidate... there was a lot of voter apathy.”
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1 outlet first by The Hill, 1d ago · read ↗
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Update: Mississippi is still counting votes for their Senate Seat: Latest update Nov 6th 10:16 am Democrat Scott Colom 466.959 GOP Hyde-Smiith 465,023 Colom ahead by 1,936 votes via @apnews.com Associated Press #Mississippi #Senate #Midterms #ScottColom
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Mississippi Senate: Colom, Hyde-Smith gird for ballot legal fight in razor-thin race (Dan Mangan/CNBC) https://www. cnbc.com/2026/11/05/mississipp i-senate-election-scott-colom-hyde-smith.html http://www. memeorandum.com/261106/p63#a26 1106p63
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Excellent news! Hyde-Smith and the rest of the White Trash White Supremacists in good ole MS must be filling their nappies right now.
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Colom's lead widens past 1,800 votes by Friday morning, race still uncalled
By Friday, Colom held 49% support to Hyde-Smith's share, with his lead over 1,800 ballots, as counting of remaining affidavit ballots continued ahead of the Nov. 13 certification deadline.
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first by Washington Examiner, 1d ago
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A race this close is almost unheard of in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith won by 10 points in 2020, and Trump carried the state by more than 20 in 2024. If Colom’s lead holds through certification, it would be another blow to a Republican Party already bleeding seats everywhere.🔵
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米国中間選挙、ミシシッピ州の開票状況がアツい！ https://www. nytimes.com/interactive/2026/1 1/03/us/elections/results-mississippi-us-senate.html
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Congratulations Mississippi. Now, keep good thoughts for Tessa Hodge from CA23 who is a bit more than 2000 votes behind. We'd be trading a MAGAt grifter for a real representative. She KNOWS what her constituents face and will help them.
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Mississippi GOP chair vows to 'fight like hell' over the count
The state Republican Party chair said the party would contest the ongoing vote counting as Colom's lead grew, signaling a potential legal battle over the result.
“COLOM NOW LEADS BY 2,087 VOTES! His lead keeps growing as more ballots are counted. Mississippi is on the brink of electing its first Democratic U.S. senator in 44 years!”
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🚨 BREAKING: SCOTT COLOM’S LEAD JUST GREW AGAIN IN MISSISSIPPI! 🔵 Colom: 467,233 🔴 Hyde-Smith: 465,146 COLOM NOW LEADS BY 2,087 VOTES! His lead keeps growing as more ballots are counted. Mississippi is on the brink of electing its first Democratic U.S. senator in 44 years!
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# ScottColom was to be nominated # Federal # Judge in 2022. He was blocked. By # Mississippi # Republican # Senator # CindyHydeSmith . Her reason: # Colom allegedly supported # trans students in girls' and women's # sports So he ran for Senator If he wins, he will be the first # Black Senator from Mississippi since # Reconstruction (1875!). # MS…
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I’m not saying anything rigorous, but I think Occam’s razor says that Democrats winning races nationwide vote by 10-20 points, including in all the red states where Republicans have complete control over the elections, isn’t something that can be realistically rigged. When the deciding races are close within a few percentage points then sure, it’s…
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Colom's lead passes 2,000 votes overnight
A widely shared Bluesky post tracked Colom's count at 466,980 to Hyde-Smith's 465,006, a lead of 1,974 that grew to 2,087 by early Friday as more ballots were added.
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🚨 BREAKING: SCOTT COLOM’S LEAD JUST GREW AGAIN IN MISSISSIPPI! 🔵 Colom: 466,980 🔴 Hyde-Smith: 465,006 COLOM NOW LEADS BY 1,974 VOTES! His lead keeps growing as more ballots are counted. Mississippi is on the brink of electing its first Democratic U.S. senator in 44 years!
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Democrat candidate Scott Colom's lead over incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race has grown to 1,764 as the count continues. Here's Mississippi Free Press's liveblog. https:// flip.it/TOuwEq # Mississippi # Midterms # News
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His lead grew from 50 votes to 1700 and market has his odds at 95% victory so it’s looking strongly like he won.
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Colom's lead climbs through the day as ballots continue to be tallied
Colom's margin expanded from roughly 1,100 votes in the morning to over 1,900 by evening as Hinds County and other counties processed affidavit ballots.
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Democrat Scott Colom may become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.
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All eyes on the undecided Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi https:// abcnews.com/video/137872165/?u tm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc
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ELECTION UPDATE: # Democrat Scott Colom now leads # Republican Christy Hyde-Smith for the # Mississippi # Senate seat by 1,000 votes! https:// abcnews.com/Politics/live-upda tes/midterm-elections-live-updates/?id=137782085&entryId=137865420
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Hyde-Smith claims she still has the lead; Colom responds dryly
Hyde-Smith told supporters overnight she believed she was ahead and would remain senator, according to Mississippi station WLOX; asked about the comments, Colom offered a terse retort.
“Bless her heart.”
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BREAKING on MS NOW: Scott Colom's lead in the Mississippi Senate race has expanded to 1,138 votes.
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Election nerditry: Mississippi is getting a lot of attention, with it's razor-thin margin in the still-not-yet-fully-counted Senate contest and lack of a recount provision in its election law. Whoever wins, the loser is virtually guaranteed to feel unsatisfied by a process that denies them a safeguard that's available in some form in every other…
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They're very accurate, (called every race correctly last night) and in total they've recalled I think 3-4 projections but are still like 99% and usually the first to call it. AP is the most accurate, but they're basically last and after most networks/orgs have called it.
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Colom's overnight lead shrinks to just 28 votes
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.”
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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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Election night leaves Mississippi Senate race too close to call
Initial counts show Colom narrowly ahead of incumbent Hyde-Smith, an unexpectedly tight result in a state Trump carried by 23 points in 2024.
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first by CBS News, 3d 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 · 3d ago
- Democrat leads by just over 1,000 votes in surprisingly tight Mississippi Senate race BBC · 3d ago
- Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi's Senate race by just 1,138 votes Straight Arrow · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race May Take Days To Resolve Joe.My.God. · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate race too close to call The Hill · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate midterm race unresolved with surprisingly competitive challenge by Democrat CBS News · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate race separated by just 43 votes with 96% counted Straight Arrow · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race Too Close To Call With Most Votes Counted HuffPost · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate Race Is Still Too Close To Call Joe.My.God. · 3d ago
- Votes are still being counted in Mississippi U.S. Senate race NPR · 3d ago
- Who won Mississippi’s midterm Senate race? We may not know for a while Mississippi Today · 3d ago
- What Senate races are left to be decided Washington Examiner · 3d ago
- Scott Colom projects victory in razor-thin Mississippi Senate race as uncounted ballots linger WLBT · 3d ago
- Mississippi's tight Senate race could hinge on ‘affidavit’ ballots Democracy Docket · 3d 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 · 3d ago
- What's delaying the US Senate election results in Mississippi and Alaska? Associated Press · 3d ago
- Liveblog: Mississippi's 2026 U.S. Senate Election Results Mastodon · 3d ago
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Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by ABC News, 3d ago · also Forbes Business, CBS News, The Hill
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- Mississippi’s Tight Senate Race Likely Won’t Feature A Recount—Here’s Why Forbes Business · 3d ago
- Mississippi Senate race still too close to call with 95% of ballots counted CBS News · 3d ago
- Mississippi has an unexpectedly close Senate race but no recount procedure The Hill · 3d ago
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first by NBC News, 2d ago · also Semafor
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- Democrats flock to Mississippi amid Senate vote tally Semafor · 2d ago
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first by Mastodon, 3d ago · also Guardian
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first by Mastodon, 3d ago · also NBC News
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first by The Washington Sun, 3d ago · also Mississippi Free Press
2 more headlines
- Mississippi Senate Race Between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith Remains Uncalled as Vote Margin Shrinks to a Few Dozen Political.org · 3d ago
- Democrat Scott Colom Leads Mississippi US Senate Race by 28 Votes Against Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith Mississippi Free Press · 3d ago
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first by NPR News, 4d ago · also NPR Politics
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first by KVUE, 7d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer
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first by Axios, 2d ago
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- Democrat locked in Deep South Senate stunner Axios · 2d ago
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first by ABC News, 2d ago
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- Mississippi Senate candidates separated by roughly 1K votes ABC News · 2d ago
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What people are saying 11 voices from 3 sites · best of 161 · verbatim
- Will the remaining affidavit/provisional ballots (concentrated in predominantly Black districts) be enough to finally put the race out of reach?
- Will Hyde-Smith or the state GOP mount a legal challenge given Mississippi's lack of an automatic recount law?
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Colom widens lead over Hyde-Smith with thousands of Mississippi ballots uncounted The race for Mississippi’s Senate seat remains dramatically close: Scott Colom (D) pulled further ahead of incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in a state that hasn’t elected a Black senator since Reconstruction. Colom was leading incumbent Hyde-Smith by 1,813 votes…
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You are clearly not a teacher. Give me 28 kids and they might be able to actually learn!
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I love that for Cyndy KKK-Smith. This is proper retribution for her blocking Colom's judge appointment during Biden's admin.
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If we have 55 Senators, we need only 12 Republican Senators to vote their own self-interest on impeachments and other important business of the People. Go Scott Colom!!! ❤️🤍💙
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If the election wasn’t so overwhelmingly decisive this would have been what happened everywhere.
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I didn’t know # Hyde -Smith had blocked # Colom from a federal judge position. Hoping for some sweet, sweet # karma . "Former President Biden previously nominated Colom to be a federal judge in the Northern District of # Mississippi , but Hyde-Smith blocked him from having a confirmation hearing, a power home-state senators have over judicial…
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RE: https:// federate.social/@mattblaze/117 561577009039459 Good thread.
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Nah, his goal was to play spoiler to keep Cindy out, and he campaigned in majority white areas that were projected to go towards her, while staying away from the counties projected towards Colom. He seems to have accomplished what he set out to do.
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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.
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Hinds County has begun counting affidavit ballots in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race and expects to have results by 4:30 p.m. Follow here for the latest updates: https://www. mississippifreepress.org/liveb log-mississippis-2026-u-s-senate-election-results/
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For anyone that still claims that your vote doesn’t matter, I point to exhibit A.