Colom and Hyde-Smith's razor-thin Senate race spotlights Mississippi's voter rolls

In Mississippi's razor-thin Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 2,000 votes as of Friday afternoon, according to AP data. The contest has spotlighted a voter-roll cleanup that left 230,000 voters inactive, up from 166,000 in 2024, forcing many to cast affidavit ballots and slowing counting.