# Newsom solicits cash as Biden’s former election lawyer mobilizes legal team for Mississippi Senate race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/newsom-solicits-cash-as-bidens-former-election-lawyer-mobilizes-legal-team-for-mississippi-senate-race/
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:25:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T04:38:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-solicits-cash-bidens-former-election-lawyer-mobilizes-legal-team-mississippi-senate-race
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Colom led Hyde-Smith by 43 votes in incomplete results.
- About 44,000 ballots remained to be processed.
- Newsom and Elias prepared fundraising and legal support.

## Summary

Democratic supporters are rallying behind Scott Colom as his Mississippi Senate race against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith remains too close to call. California Governor Gavin Newsom has sought urgent donations, while election lawyer Marc Elias says his firm is organising legal support for the final count.

Unofficial results put Colom 43 votes ahead, with an estimated 44,000 ballots still outstanding, including absentee, affidavit and provisional ballots. Mississippi allows some absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive through 10 November and permits voters to correct certain ballot problems during that period; the state Democratic Party has also challenged alleged election delays and ballot shortages in DeSoto County.

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