Election officials in Mississippi continued counting absentee and provisional ballots after Tuesday's Senate race, with the remaining ballots expected to determine the size of the Democratic Senate majority, PBS NewsHour reported.
Democratic candidate Scott Colom said election forecasters, including the Cook Political Report, had labeled him and other Southern candidates as “solid R” for much of the campaign. He said those assessments made fundraising more difficult. The Washington Post reported that Cook missed the extent of the 2026 Democratic gains.
The Atlantic reported that, after the state shifted tens of thousands of voter registrations from active to inactive, some voters arriving at polls Tuesday were told they were not properly registered and filled out affidavit ballots. PBS described the contest as unusually close for Mississippi.