Politics● Low1h ago · Nov 6, 2026, 7:50 PM
No one knows how many ballots are outstanding in Mississippi's Senate race
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NPR News · North America
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.
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