Scott Colom Leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 Votes in Mississippi Senate Race
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
Scott Colom Leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 Votes in Mississippi Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
Summary
462,821 votes put Democrat Scott Colom 43 ahead of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's latest reported Senate count, with Colom at 48.95% and Hyde-Smith at 48.94%.
945,534 total votes have been reported, while independent Ty Pinkins holds 19,935 votes, or 2.11%, in a race where the top vote-getter wins outright.
The margin remains razor-thin after earlier returns also showed Colom narrowly ahead, underscoring how unusually competitive the Mississippi Senate contest has become.
A Colom win would end a Democratic Senate drought in Mississippi dating to 1989 and mark the state's first Black U.S. senator since 1875.