Democratic nominee Scott Colom added slightly to his narrow lead over incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate election as two key ballot deadlines hit Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, Colom led by 2,607 votes out of 953,547 counted as of 4:30 p.m. ET, a margin of 0.27 percentage points. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins had 20,034 votes. Tuesday was the deadline for resolving affidavit or provisional ballots and for receiving mail-in absentee ballots postmarked on Election Day, November 3. Democrats have so far flipped seven Senate seats held by Republicans, giving them a majority of at least 54 seats in January.
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