CNN’s Annie Grayer goes inside a ballot-counting center in Mississippi as absentee ballots are counted. Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the state’s incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith are locked in a razor-thin Senate race following Tuesday’s election.

While razor-thin election margins in American politics typically spark anticipation of recounts, there is no such process in place in Mississippi, where the Senate race is current

Registration verification problems, misleading text messages and ballot scanner malfunctions are creating challenges for voters across the US.

Around 100 students waited to vote on campus at Jackson State University for the 2026 midterm elections. The turnout was much higher than last year.

Democrats have won control of Congress, but there are still some outstanding races we’re watching: The margin in the Mississippi Senate race is razor-thin, with Democrat Scott Colom currently leading Republican Sen.

Two Senate races remain too close to call Wednesday as votes continued to be counted in Alaska and Mississippi, where Democrats are mounting challenges that could further reshape the balance of power in the upper chamber. Democrats scored sweeping victories in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections, capturing control of both the House and Senate, but the […]

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