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Mississippi Gives Ballot Update One Week After Election As Voters Wait On Potential Upset

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Mahieu, L. L. (2026, November 10). Mississippi Gives Ballot Update One Week After Election As Voters Wait On Potential Upset. The Daily Wire. https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-gives-ballot-update-one-week-after-election-as-voters-wait-on-potential-upset

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The Daily Wire · collected 2026-11-10 · by Leif Le Mahieu

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Mississippi is continuing to count votes one week after Election Day, with Democrat Scott Colom leading incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 2,536 votes out of nearly 1 million cast. Secretary of State Michael Watson announced that around 2,578 absentee ballots remain uncounted and can still be accepted through Tuesday. If all remaining mail-in ballots are counted, the race could shift; Colom's campaign remains confident in their lead while Hyde-Smith’s supporters maintain she has a chance to win.
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As of November 10, 2026, the Senate race in Mississippi remains too close to call, with Democrat Scott Colom leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a narrow margin. With nearly all votes counted, Colom holds a lead of just under 2,000 votes, but thousands of outstanding absentee mail ballots could still be accepted by election officials by the end of Tuesday. The race is significant as it could reshape the balance of power in the Senate; Democrats are mounting challenges to Republican incumbents across several states, and capturing Mississippi would be a major upset for them. Both sides have mobilized legal teams: Democratic heavyweights like Gavin Newsom and Marc Elias are supporting Colom, while the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is demanding that county election officials preserve all affidavit ballots cast in the November 3 general election to ensure Hyde-Smith's position remains secure.

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Mississippi GPE · 7× Hyde-Smith PERSON · 3× Republican NORP · 3× Watson PERSON · 3× Colom PERSON · 2× Democrat NORP · 2× Senate ORG · 2× Cindy Hyde-Smith PERSON · 1× Scott Colom PERSON · 1× State ORG · 1×

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Colom’s campaign manager Gerard Henderson said Monday they were confident that the Democrat would prevail when all the counting was completed. “We’re confident that once every lawful vote is counted, he’ll be Mississippi’s next U.S. senator,” he said.
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Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said Monday evening that there were still thousands of outstanding absentee mail ballots that could still be accepted by election officials by the end of Tuesday.
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Mississippi Gives Ballot Update One Week After Election As Voters Wait On Potential Upset · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

One week after Election Day, Mississippi is still counting votes as Democrat challenger Scott Colom clings to a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. asserted
Colom → count → Smith
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said Monday evening that there were still thousands of outstanding absentee mail ballots that could still be accepted by election officials by the end of Tuesday. uncertain
that → say → Tuesday
Colom currently leads Hyde-Smith by about 2,536 votes as Watson noted there were about 2,578 outstanding absentee-by-mail ballots. asserted
Watson → lead → mail
The ballots can be counted for up to five business days if postmarked by Election Day. asserted
ballots → count → Day
Around 1,000 mail-in ballots have already been received since the polls closed. asserted
polls → mail → ?
Watson noted that 75 of the state’s 82 counties had submitted unofficial results to the state portal while one county had uploaded their official results ahead of the November 13 deadline. asserted
county → note → deadline
“Some have asked what it means when you see ‘unofficial results’? asserted
you → ask → results
Those counties are still working through the process, so after each round of processing more votes their totals increase,” Watson said. asserted
Watson → work → votes
He also noted that election officials across the state had processed 15,547 affidavit ballots, with a roughly 76% acceptance rate. asserted
officials → note → rate
Counties have until November 13 to finish processing any provisional ballot. asserted
Counties → have → ballot
An affidavit ballot in Mississippi is cast if the voter’s name is not in the poll book, an address has changed, the voter does not have an ID, or the voter has previously been marked as having voted by mail. asserted
voter → cast → mail
Colom’s campaign manager Gerard Henderson said Monday they were confident that the Democrat would prevail when all the counting was completed. “We’re confident that once every lawful vote is counted, he’ll be Mississippi’s next U.S. senator,” he said. asserted
he → say → ?
“Thank you to everyone who got us here and believes Mississippi Matters!” asserted
Mississippi → thank → us
Hyde-Smith, who said last week she was confident she would win, told reporters on Capitol Hill Monday that “they are counting votes,” when asked about the race, before saying, “I don’t do hallway interviews.” asserted
I → say → interviews
Fellow Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker said that Hyde-Smith still “has a chance.” asserted
Smith → say → chance
The Senate race in deep-red Mississippi shocked Republicans and Democrats alike as a massive blue wave surged across the country last week, flipping once safe Republican Senate seats in Kansas, South Carolina, and Texas. asserted
wave → shock → Kansas
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