Mississippi Senate race stays uncalled with Colom ahead by 2,607
What's next: Counties must finish reviewing provisional and late-arriving mail ballots before the Nov. 13 certification deadline.
Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,607-vote lead over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race on Tuesday, with about 97% of votes counted and key ballot deadlines arriving. The contest remains one of the last uncalled Senate races and could further expand Democrats' majority in the chamber. Mississippi election officials are still processing affidavit, or provisional, ballots and absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Nov. 10. Both campaigns have mobilized lawyers as counties examine the remaining ballots and prepare results for the state. A Colom win would end decades of Republican control of Mississippi's Senate seats and make him the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction.