# Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mississippi-senate-scott-colom-extends-tight-lead-over-hyde-smith-as-ballot-deadlines-hit/
- Published: 2026-11-10T22:01:52+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T07:34:09+00:00
- Original publisher: CNBC (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/10/mississippi-senate-scott-colom-hyde-smith.html
- Topics: Business, Elections, Government, Politics

## Key points

- Colom led Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes in Mississippi.
- Ballot resolution and absentee receipt deadlines arrived Tuesday.
- Mississippi and Alaska remained uncalled Senate races.

## Summary

Democratic nominee Scott Colom slightly widened his lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s uncalled Senate race as ballot deadlines arrived. The contest matters nationally because Democrats have secured at least 54 seats in the Senate, and a Colom victory would make him Mississippi’s first Black senator since the Reconstruction era.

At 4:30 p.m. ET, Colom led by 2,607 votes out of 953,547 counted, a margin of 0.27 percentage points, with about 97% of votes estimated to be in; independent Ty Pinkins had 20,034 votes. Tuesday was the deadline to resolve affidavit and provisional ballots and to receive absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day. Mississippi and Alaska were the only Senate races yet to be called; in Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican Dan Sullivan by 2,517 votes, with a ranked-choice round possible if neither exceeds 50%.

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