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Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi Senate race as vote count continues

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Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes on Saturday afternoon, with about 97% of expected votes counted, according to The Associated Press. Four days after voting ended, the race has not been called. Outstanding absentee and provisional ballots face a Nov. 10 deadline. Lawyers for both campaigns have been deployed to the state, and MS NOW reports that Mississippi has no recount law, though a court can order one. If Colom wins, he would be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, PBS NewsHour and the Financial Times report.

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Colom led Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes as of Saturday afternoon, with about 97% of expected votes counted, according to the Associated Press.
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Far Left
MS NOW
Center
PBS NewsHour
The Associated Press has not called the race, which it says is too early to call.
One outletPBS NewsHour· Center
Outstanding absentee and provisional ballots face a Nov. 10 deadline.
One outletMS NOW· Far Left
Mississippi has no recount law, but a court can order a recount, and both campaigns have sent lawyers to the state.
One outletMS NOW· Far Left
Colom would be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction if he wins.
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All three outlets report Colom ahead in an uncalled count that could make him Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. MS NOW stresses the widening lead and legal fight, while center outlets stress historic stakes; the Financial Times calls it a political earthquake.

the left
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MS NOW’s headline presents the race as Democrat Scott Colom’s widening lead, putting the vote count and its deadline at the center.
Democrat Scott Colom’s lead widens in Mississippi Senate race
MS NOWFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
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PBS NewsHour carries an AP report whose headline stresses the historic first-Black-senator angle and the uncertain count, while the Financial Times calls the election a political earthquake.
Mississippi election marks Sensational language“political earthquake”The term calls a single state Senate race a seismic upheaval, overstating its scale beyond what the vote count shows.More neutral: Mississippi Senate race draws national attentionDisagree with this highlight? in the Deep South
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political earthquakeMore neutral: Mississippi Senate race draws national attention
The term calls a single state Senate race a seismic upheaval, overstating its scale beyond what the vote count shows.
Mississippi election marks political earthquake in the Deep South
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Colom’s widening lead
Critical Tuesday deadline
Lawyers preparing for legal battle

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MS NOWFar Left
Democrat Scott Colom’s lead widens in Mississippi Senate race
As of Saturday afternoon, Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Sen. Hyde-Smith, by 2,574 votes up against a critical Tuesday deadline.
37 min agoRead at MS NOW (opens in a new tab)

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Historic first Black senator
Count still underway
Political earthquake in the Deep South

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PBS NewsHourCenterAssociated Press report
Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on
The state is still tallying ballots that could make Colom the first Black senator from this Deep South state since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
37 min agoRead at PBS NewsHour (opens in a new tab)
Financial TimesCenter
Mississippi election marks Sensational language“political earthquake”The term calls a single state Senate race a seismic upheaval, overstating its scale beyond what the vote count shows.More neutral: Mississippi Senate race draws national attentionDisagree with this highlight? in the Deep South
Democrat Scott Colom could become the first Black man from the state to reach the US Senate in 150 years
13 hr agoRead at Financial Times (opens in a new tab)

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12 hr 54 min later
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Financial Times, Nov 7, 12:00 AM EST
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Financial TimesCenterNov 7, 12:00 AM EST
PBS NewsHourCenterNov 7, 12:54 PM EST
MS NOWFar LeftNov 7, 12:54 PM EST

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Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi Senate race as vote count continues

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Democrat Scott Colom’s lead widens in Mississippi Senate race

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Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on

Mississippi election marks Sensational language“political earthquake”The term calls a single state Senate race a seismic upheaval, overstating its scale beyond what the vote count shows.More neutral: Mississippi Senate race draws national attentionDisagree with this highlight? in the Deep South

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