Colom extends slim lead over Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race
With about 98% of votes counted, Colom’s lead has grown to just over 3,000 as Hinds County finishes absentee and affidavit ballots.
- On Wednesday, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith by over 3,000 votes in Mississippi, with about 98% of the vote counted, though the race remains uncalled ahead of the state's certification deadline.
- Hinds County, a Democratic stronghold where about 76% of voters back Democrats, is on pace to finish its count soon, with Attorney Joyce Vance noting results could "cement the outcome" via Mississippi Today on Bluesky.
- Colom's lead has steadily grown since election night, increasing from roughly 2,500 votes last week to about 2,800 on Monday as officials processed final ballots.
- Tensions flared Monday when a lawyer for Hyde-Smith and the National Republican Senatorial Committee accused a Hinds County commissioner of discussing ballots out of view, prompting work to shut down for the night.
- A victory for Colom would extend a midterm wave that has already flipped Senate seats in Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, Kansas, and South Carolina, handing Democrats another seat in deep-red territory.
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'This race is over': Ex-US attorney points to evidence of another GOP Senate loss
From her perch in neighboring Alabama, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance laid out the case that Democrat Scott Colom will soon be declared Mississippi’s next U.S. senator.On Wednesday afternoon, Vance shared a Bluesky post from Mississippi Today reporting that Hinds County, the state’s most populous county and a Democratic stronghold, is on pace to finish its Senate count soon, results that “could cement the outcome” of the race.Vance then cited …
Colom extends slim lead over Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race
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 Hill’s election partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) found that, with around 95 percent of ballots counted,…
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