Mississippi Senate race stayed uncalled as Colom led Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes
What's next: Tuesday marked the deadlines for provisional ballot reviews and for absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive.
The Mississippi Senate race remained too close to call Tuesday, with Democratic nominee Scott Colom holding a 2,607-vote lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines arrived. With 953,547 votes counted and about 97% of the vote estimated in, Colom led by 0.27 percentage points, according to the Associated Press. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins had 20,034 votes. Tuesday was the deadline to resolve affidavit and provisional ballots cast by voters whose eligibility was questioned, and also the deadline for mail absentee ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 to be received. Mississippi is one of two states, along with Alaska, where the Senate result had not yet been called.