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Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remained uncalled Friday morning, with Democrat Scott Colom leading Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,813 votes as of Thursday evening, with about 96% of ballots counted, the Associated Press tally shows.
Colom’s lead has grown from just over 1,100 votes earlier in the count as counties process absentee and affidavit, or provisional, ballots.
Thousands of ballots remain to be counted. Mississippi’s Republican Party chairman, Mike Hurst, said up to 20,000 ballots were still uncounted, local reports say. Counties have until Nov. 13 to certify their results.
Hyde-Smith’s campaign and state Republicans have asked election officials to separate and preserve all provisional ballots, setting the stage for a possible legal fight over the count, local reports say.
Colom, a district attorney in northeast Mississippi, was nominated to the federal bench by President Joe Biden, but Hyde-Smith blocked the nomination. He announced his run against her in 2025.
Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982. The Associated Press has not called the race.
JBizNews Desk | Jackson, Miss.
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