Monday, November 9, 2026

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

Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi in a stunning upset, but ballots are still being counted in a close race where Colom holds a lead of just under 2,000 votes over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. Losing ruby-red Mississippi would be the final straw for Republicans after a midterm sweep by Democrats that turned Texas blu​e and saw a Democrat elected to the seat once held by the late South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/06/mississippi-senate-race-vote-counting-lawyers

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