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How Scott Colom turned his Mississippi Senate race into a nail-biter

First seen Nov 6, 2026, 9:34 AM ET · Updated Nov 6, 2026, 7:08 PM ET · 3 outlets

Topics: 2026 Midterm ElectionsVoting & Election LawMississippi Politics

3 outlets (The Hill, Axios and NPR) are covering this story.

How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Mississippi”, “Senate”, “race”, “Colom”. Distinct wording: The Hill uses “nail-biter” and “turned”; Axios uses “razor-thin” and “spotlights”; NPR uses “outstanding” and “ballots”. (Computed from the headlines below.)

• The Hill reports: “Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is fighting for her political life as Democrat Scott Colom threatens to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the midterms in a state that hasn’t elected a Dem…”
• Axios reports: “Americans on both sides of the political aisle are watching the nail-bitingly close Mississippi Senate race, where a controversial voter-roll cleanup has come under scrutiny after some voters repor…”
• NPR reports: “The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in Mississippi that is among the slowest and most decentralized in the U.S.”

Read the full coverage

• The Hill: How Scott Colom turned his Mississippi Senate race into a nail-biter
• Axios: Colom and Hyde-Smith's razor-thin Senate race spotlights Mississippi's voter rolls
• NPR: No one knows how many ballots are outstanding in Mississippi's Senate race

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