Mississippi Senate race remains undecided as Democrat Scott Colom narrows gap with incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith
With 96% of precincts reporting, Democrat Scott Colom has closed the margin to just a few dozen votes against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate contest.
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. Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney and seventh-generation Mississippian, has focused his campaign on cost-of-living and health-care concerns.
Democrats have been investing in the race in recent weeks, hoping to capture 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, underscoring the difficulty of a Democratic pickup.
"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.