# Mississippi Senate Race Hangs on Thousands of Affidavit Ballots

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4 outlets covering · First listed: Daily Signal, Nov 9, 2026, 6:00 PM · Read it: <https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/09/mississippi-senate-race-hangs-on-thousands-of-affidavit-ballots/>

Mississippi has significantly more voters who cast affidavit ballots than the number of votes separating the two Senate candidates in the closely contested U.S. Senate race. As of Monday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,574-vote lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the deep-red state, The Associated Press reported. However, according to Mississippi...

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- Nov 9, 2026, 6:00 PM: [Mississippi Senate Race Hangs on Thousands of Affidavit Ballots](<https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/09/mississippi-senate-race-hangs-on-thousands-of-affidavit-ballots/>) — Daily Signal (Digital news, United States)
  Mississippi has significantly more voters who cast affidavit ballots than the number of votes separating the two Senate candidates in the closely contested U.S. Senate race. As of Monday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,574-vote lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the deep-red state, The Associated Press reported. However, according to Mississippi...
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:06 AM: [Mississippi's Senate race hangs on thousands of ballots as 2 key deadlines arrive](<https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/10/hyde-smith-vs-colom-when-will-we-know-who-won-senate-race-in-mississippi/92699345007/>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States)
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:23 PM: [The outstanding ballots that could decide the Mississippi Senate race](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPZnJ2OGlvNml1azJxVnJxOXlEOTB2RU5vSzRfVXJBd2ltTEk4WHNRMnhhemM0d3l1M1hPSzVHYTVEV0QxbGg5UldMa09sdE5TWURKNVVVU3A4ekNobUsyR2ZWSGFIRF9xOTV4djZyc0xwWXotRmNmbkhPdlFLNXRQVGZvWEcxck5qeHd1MlBYVEhFMGRh?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States)
- Nov 10, 2026, 6:20 PM: [Ballot Deadlines Pass in Mississippi Senate Race After Considerable Struggles](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/elections/mississippi-ballots-election-laws.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States)
  The tight race between Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom, has highlighted the difficulties that stringent elections laws present to voters.