Mississippi Still Hasn’t Called U.S. Senate Race As Democrat Scott Colom Leads Republican Incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith With 97% Of Votes Counted

Mississippi Still Hasn’t Called U.S. Senate Race As Democrat Scott Colom Leads Republican Incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith With 97% Of Votes Counted

Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remains undecided as Democrat #ScottColom maintains his lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

According to Associated Press election figures updated November 6, Colom has received 467,930 votes (49.1%), compared to Hyde-Smith’s 465,356 votes (48.8%), putting him ahead by 2,574 votes with an estimated 97% counted. Independent candidate #TyPinkins trails with 20,028 votes (2.1%). If Colom ultimately wins, he would make history as #Mississippi’s first Democratic U.S. senator elected since 1982 and the state’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.

 

Authored by: Twila-Amoure

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