Mississippi Senate race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Scott Colom remains uncalled with 96% of votes counted
The Mississippi Senate midterm race between incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom remained unresolved the morning after Election Day. With 96% of ballots counted, Colom led by just a few dozen votes. Provisional ballots had not yet been included in the initial count.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
3 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
CBS News
Washington Times
NPR
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
CBS News
Mississippi Senate race unresolved in surprisingly competitive contest
national wave context · positive
Washington Times
Too close to call: Dozens of votes separate Mississippi GOP incumbent, Dem challenger so far
historic upset watch · neutral
First to report
- NPRfirst
- Washington Times+1.5 h
- CBS News+3.1 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
All three report the same razor-thin margin; the difference is scope. One outlet frames it as part of a national Democratic wave, another as a historic Mississippi flip, the third just counts the votes.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Mississippi Senate race unresolved in surprisingly competitive contest”
“Votes are still being counted to see who will represent Mississippi in the Senate”
“Too close to call: Dozens of votes separate Mississippi GOP incumbent, Dem challenger so far”
5 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Mississippi provisional ballots still needed to be counted and were not in the initial tally
Corroborated
Disputed
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