Mississippi Senate race stays undecided as Scott Colom edges closer, but Cindy Hyde-Smith holds the advantage
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With 96% of precincts reporting, Democrat Scott Colom has trimmed the margin to a few dozen votes against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in a Mississippi Senate race that still reflects the state’s strong conservative lean.
The Mississippi Senate contest is still unresolved after 96% of the vote has been counted, with Democrat Scott Colom narrowing the gap to a few dozen votes against incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Hyde-Smith, 67, has served in the Senate since 2018 and is seeking a second term, while Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney and seventh-generation Mississippian, has made cost-of-living issues and health-care concerns the focus of his campaign.
Democrats have been investing heavily in the race in recent weeks, hoping to take a seat that has not been held by a Democrat since 1982. The state voted for President Trump by a 20-point margin in the 2024 election, reinforcing the difficulty Democrats face in trying to flip the seat in a state that remains firmly conservative.
"The results are all trending in our direction," Colom told supporters early Wednesday. "We are trending in counties that people thought we had no chance to compete in, and we're winning them."
The outcome of the Mississippi race, along with an unresolved Senate contest in Alaska, will affect the final size of the Democratic majority in the chamber, which secured control after flipping several GOP-held seats in recent elections.