Mississippi Senate race too close to call, margin about 28 votes

politicsNov 4, 202636569

Democrat Scott Colom has moved ahead of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by roughly 28 votes in the Mississippi U.S. Senate race, with totals near 462,821 for Colom and 462,778 for Hyde-Smith and about 95 to 96 percent of precincts reported. Nearly 19,935 votes are recorded for independent Ty Pinkins, and provisional ballots remain outstanding; Mississippi allows provisional ballots to be counted up to five business days after the election. With roughly one million ballots cast statewide, the margin is far inside any practical threshold and counting will resume Wednesday morning as local election officials process outstanding ballots. If Colom ultimately wins, commentators note he would be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Media outlets including NPR and the New York Times reported the lead flip while officials have not called a winner because outstanding provisional and late-counted ballots could change the outcome. The next concrete steps are local election offices completing provisional ballot review and reporting updated totals later this week, which will determine whether the result settles for one candidate or triggers any follow-up procedures.

The Upshot

@upshot.nytimes.com

"We may not know how many ballots remain in the razor-thin Mississippi Senate race until next week. The state allows provisional ballots to be counted up to five business days after the election."

1313h ago

Quoting this

Joel33

Many of these will be votes from abroad, in case you wondered what Democrats Abroad is for

Steven T. Dennis

@steventdennis.bsky.social

For all the talk about spoiler candidates this election, Ty Pinkins’ independent Senate candidacy in Mississippi could be pivotal. In a race that presently is separated by 28 votes, Pinkins has nearly 20,000.

603h ago

Steven T. Dennis38

A Black veteran, Pinkins had adopted a number of progressive policy positions that could appeal to voters otherwise inclined to vote for Democrat Scott Colom, including Medicare for All and abortion rights. Like Dem Alani Bankhead in Montana, he dismissed efforts by Ds to get him to drop out.

Clever Thanksgiving Name1

Difficult to argue against the notion that this was his plan all along.

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)

@axidentaliberal.bsky.social

ATTENTION Scott Colom is currently LEADING in his Senate race But he may need help with his ballot curing efforts If you are able to get to Mississippi, PLEASE let the campaign know ASAP Let's make sure Scott secures his victory!

443h ago

Robert Downen

@robertdownen.bsky.social

Oh my god the Mississippi Senate race is literally down to 46 votes

522h ago

capitolhunters6

It is UP from 28 votes, which it was earlier.

Strictly Obiter

@strictlyobiter.bsky.social

Yes, we’re still waiting for a result in the Mississippi senate race, but only because of how they count the votes there. “One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi…”

284h ago

Kevin D. Grüssing 🪷🪷 (Pronounced Grew-sing)

@kevdgrussing.bsky.social

It'll take some time, but it's very damn clear that if Scott Colom is the next Senator from Mississippi...it'll be because of BLACK MISSISSIPPIANS. Black Mississippians may be about to send the first Black Man to the US Senate from Mississippi since Reconstruction.

192h ago

Andrew Palmer 🦃

@andrewp97.bsky.social

i’m watching mississippi senate results at 2 am. these are words that were not possible in my vocabulary hours ago.

244h ago

Malice Walker

@humblecore.bsky.social

update per the @mississippifreepress.org: the answer is yes. vote counting is paused for the night www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-sco...

113h ago

Charlie O'Connor

@charlieoconn.bsky.social

It just would be so fucking funny if the Republicans can't even win a Senate race in MISSISSIPPI

213h ago

Ruben Garcia

@gorubenruben.bsky.social

Mississippi Nail Biter Scott Colom Leads 28 vote Mississippi Senate! No recount state Only provisional ballots left to count, they will go Colom! #SenatorColom #Mississppi #USDemocracy

104h ago

𝔻𝕒𝕟 🏈🍻💀

@danmynrd.bsky.social

Like I get it, you bet hard on reverse 2022, but whoopsie daisy, Mississippi senate race is stop close to call with 98% reporting

184h ago

Nathaniel Rakich

@baseballot.bsky.social

#NEsen and #MTsen have now been called for Republicans. Democrats now sit at 54 Senate seats, and the question is whether they can add to that with Alaska and/or Mississippi.

112h ago

Holly McCall

@jhollymc.bsky.social

Oooh, that Mississippi Senate race still too close to call!

144h ago

The Liberal BoJack

@thelibbojack.bsky.social

BREAKING NEWS (NYT): Democrat Takes Lead in Mississippi Senate Race

143h ago

Warren Oates

@warrenoates1.bsky.social

Quietly hopeful the Democrats will flip Mississippi in the senate. The Dems are currently ahead by less than 50 votes with something like 43,300 left to count. A big chunk of these are in democrat leaning counties...so if patterns from counted votes continue, Dems will win by 2,800 votes.

112h ago

3 sources

nytimes.comMississippi U.S. Senate 2026: Live Midterm Election Results, Hyde-Smith vs. Colom ctcnews.caMississippi Senate race remains too close to call open.substack.comColom pulls ahead of Hyde-Smith by 28 votes as Mississippi Senate race goes uncalled

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Mississippi Senate race too close to call, margin about 28 votes

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