Lawyers descend on Mississippi as vote count continues in razor-thin Senate race

Summary

Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of winning a Mississippi Senate seat in an upset, leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just under 2,000 votes while ballots are still being counted. Democratic and Republican lawyers and groups are trading sharp legal letters over the procedures for counting the remaining ballots, and a possible legal fight is brewing. Democratic and Republican groups, including the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic election attorneys from the Elias Law Group, have deployed hundreds of volunteers and lawyers to all 82 counties to oversee the final rounds of counting. A Colom win would be a major loss for Republicans in ruby-red Mississippi, following a midterm sweep by Democrats.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   6 Nov 2026, 18:51 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian reports that Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of winning a Mississippi Senate seat over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, leading by just under 2,000 votes while ballots are still counted, and that lawyers and groups from both parties are trading legal letters over counting procedures.