# Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi Senate race by 1,138 votes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-midterm-elections-2026-live-democrats-eye-historic-upset-in-mississippi-senate-race-as-republican-blame-game-begins/
- Published: 2026-11-05T05:27:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:47:36+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/05/midterm-elections-live-latest-updates-mississippi-senate-race
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Democrats swept Congress, with two Senate races still unresolved.
- Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes in Mississippi.
- Republicans are blaming several factors, including the Iran war and cost-of-living concerns.

## Summary

Democrats have won a historic sweep of the US Congress in the 2026 midterms, but two Senate races remain undecided. In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom is narrowly ahead of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, raising the prospect of a major upset in a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1982.

With nearly 96% of votes counted, Colom leads by 1,138 votes, though counting updates have paused. Mississippi has no law requiring a recount in a close race; Donald Trump won the state by 22 points in 2024, and it has not elected a Black senator since 1875. Republicans have begun disputing the causes of their losses, citing Trump’s absence from the ballot, the Iran war and campaign spending, while exit polls identified living costs and government corruption as voters’ top concerns.

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