The Democrats took the Mississippi Senate seat and defeated GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith more than a week after Election Day.
Scott Colom is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Mississippi since 1982.
CNN on Wednesday afternoon projected Scott Colom as the winner of Mississippi’s Senate seat.
The AP also called the race on Wednesday afternoon.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Scott Colom has 472,188 votes at 49.19% and Cindy Hyde-Smith has 467, 603 votes at 48.71%.
Democrat Colom widened his lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith after the November 3rd election.
By Wednesday afternoon, CNN called the race as Colom was leading Hyde-Smith by more than 4,400 votes.
According to MS NOW, Colom won a higher percentage of “affidavit ballots” that were counted after election night.
Colom also mysteriously overperformed in Republican counties in ballots counted after Election Day.
CNN PROJECTS THAT SCOTT COLOM WINS THE SENATE RACE IN MISSISSIPPI! https://t.co/7MVfp94PAh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 11, 2026
The Democrats have now flipped eight Senate seats in this year’s midterms, and they are working on seizing Alaska after planting a decoy Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
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