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GOP pins hopes in Mississippi Senate race on late-arriving ballots it asked Supreme Court to strike down

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Birle, J. (2026, November 5). GOP pins hopes in Mississippi Senate race on late-arriving ballots it asked Supreme Court to strike down. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4794101/gop-pins-hopes-mississippi-senate-race-mail-in-ballots/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-11-05 · by Jack Birle

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In an unexpectedly tight Senate race in Mississippi, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by 1,724 votes with nearly all precincts reporting. Republicans are now placing hopes on late-arriving mail ballots, which they had unsuccessfully sought to have struck down earlier this year at the Supreme Court, believing these could swing the race in their favor as counting continues.
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As of November 5, 2026, the Mississippi Senate race remains undecided, with Democratic candidate Scott Colom leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a narrow margin of just 1,138 votes. The state has no formal recount process, making legal challenges increasingly likely as both sides await late-arriving ballots and provisional votes. With 95.6% of the vote counted, Democrats are hopeful that Colom could become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction if the current lead holds. Republicans, however, are pinning hopes on a recent Supreme Court decision regarding late mail ballots to potentially reverse the race's outcome.

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📰 Mississippi Senate Race Too Close To Call
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🔮 As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) narrowly trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by just a few hundred votes in the unexpectedly close Senate race in Mississippi, Republicans are now hoping a Supreme Court loss on late-arriving mail ballots earlier this year will help save their senator from being the latest victim of the blue tsunami.
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🔮 The coalition of Catholic schools argued that asking them to admit families who do not follow Catholic teachings would sacrifice their beliefs, which they say violates their First Amendment rights.
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Democratic Mississippi Republicans Senate Supreme Court

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Republicans NORP · 2× Cindy Hyde-Smith PERSON · 1× Colom PERSON · 1× Democratic NORP · 1× Hyde-Smith PERSON · 1× Mississippi GPE · 1× Scott Colom PERSON · 1× Senate ORG · 1× Supreme Court ORG · 1× the Associated Press ORG · 1×

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As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) narrowly trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by just a few hundred votes in the unexpectedly close Senate race in Mississippi, Republicans are now hoping a Supreme Court loss on late-arriving mail ballots earlier this year will help save their senator from being the latest victim of the blue tsunami.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-05
🔮 As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) narrowly trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by just a few hundred votes in the unexpectedly close Senate race in Mississippi, Republicans are now hoping a Supreme Court loss on late-arriving mail ballots earlier this year will help save their senator from being the latest victim of the blue tsunami.
2026-11-05 · Washington Examiner
GOP pins hopes in Mississippi Senate race on late-arriving ballots it asked Supreme Court to strike down · assertive framing

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As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) narrowly trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by just a few hundred votes in the unexpectedly close Senate race in Mississippi, Republicans are now hoping a Supreme Court loss on late-arriving mail ballots earlier this year will help save their senator from being the latest victim of the blue tsunami. asserted
loss → trail → tsunami
Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 1,724 votes with an estimated 95.6% of the votes counted, as of midday Thursday per the Associated Press, in a race that major media outlets have yet to call for either candidate. asserted
outlets → lead → candidate
The remaining votes will be largely from provisional ballots and late-arriving mail ballots, which both Democrats and Republicans hope will break toward them. asserted
Democrats → remain → them
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