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Mississippi Senate race tightens as ballots are counted
With 96% of votes counted, Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 1,000 votes in a race that could make history.
In brief
With 96% of votes counted, Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 1,000 votes in a race that could make history. Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by over one thousand votes with ninety-six percent counted; if he wins, he would be Mississippi's first black US senator since…
Colom leads Hyde-Smith in tight race
With ninety-six percent of votes counted as of Thursday morning, Democrat Scott Colom was leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over one thousand votes.
Historic potential for Mississippi
If Colom wins the race, he would be the first black US senator elected in Mississippi since eighteen seventy-five.
Deadline set for final count
Officials say all ballots must be counted by November thirteen, with the BBC's Carl Nasman documenting the counting process inside a county election commission building.
The essence
Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by over one thousand votes with ninety-six percent counted; if he wins, he would be Mississippi's first black US senator since eighteen seventy-five.
