# Scott Colom's growing lead puts a rare Democratic Senate win in Mississippi within reach

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3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo News, Nov 11, 2026, 12:52 PM · Read it: <https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/11/11/scott-colom-mississippi-senate-race-update/>

Democrat Scott Colom on Wednesday was on the brink of wrapping up a historic win in the Mississippi Senate race after he extended his lead by gaining ground in a new batch of votes. Colom increased his edge over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to nearly 4,000 votes, or more than .3%, after he was expected to overwhelmingly win 817 approved provisional ballots from deep-blue Hinds County, which includes the city of Jackson. Hinds County voters cast about 2,400 provisional ballots but officials rejected about two-thirds of them, a share that is much higher than in other Mississippi…

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 10, 2026, 1:44 PM: [Mississippi Senate race leans Democratic as Colom's lead grows](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mississippi-senate-race-results-2026-midterms/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States)
  The Senate race in deep-red Mississippi remains unresolved, as Democrat Scott Colom has mounted a surprisingly competitive challenge to incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
- Nov 11, 2026, 4:00 AM: [How Scott Colom defied Democratic doubters to make Mississippi a battleground](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNc280TnNqV2RZVlpQMVFjZHhSRkNuYnFmNmVxNzhmcGFzUFlXY2p4SmE5dlBxZ0pGVUpwNGFVRTVhT3Z1cm9NV3VaazN1b2FBOW1QekhUeXJyZ0xWX3I3V0tmNlpMN05vMnd5bFBqR1FKWVpVWDRFemIxNGZXbjJFckpCU3NMbzFkNFRWMlVzVQ?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 12:52 PM: [Scott Colom's growing lead puts a rare Democratic Senate win in Mississippi within reach](<https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/11/11/scott-colom-mississippi-senate-race-update/>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States)
  Democrat Scott Colom on Wednesday was on the brink of wrapping up a historic win in the Mississippi Senate race after he extended his lead by gaining ground in a new batch of votes. Colom increased his edge over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to nearly 4,000 votes, or more than .3%, after he was expected to overwhelmingly win 817 approved provisional ballots from deep-blue Hinds County, which includes the city of Jackson. Hinds County voters cast about 2,400 provisional ballots but officials rejected about two-thirds of them, a share that is much higher than in other Mississippi…