Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit

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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. Colom, a local district attorney, as of 4:30 p.m. ET, was ahead of Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes, out of 953,547 votes counted, with an estimated 97% of the votes in, according to the Associated Press. That's a margin of just .27 percentage points. Tuesday is the deadline for resolving so-called affidavit or provisional ballots, which are cast by voters whose eligibility is disputed or unclear on Election Day. It is also the deadline for the receipt of mail-in absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3.