Mississippi Senate race remains too close to call

🗞️ Story file #1538

Mississippi Senate race remains too close to call

Nov 6, 2 PM ET to Nov 11, 8 AM ET

34outlets carried it
🫏19 · 6 · 9🐘left · center · right
4.8 dayson the front pages
25front pages at once, at its peak
171 minof TV captions
19radio newscasts
30people retold it online
56 of 58parts of a saga

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Nov 6, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Nov 6, 3 PM ETpeak: on 25 front pages
Nov 6, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 6, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Nov 10, 5 AM ETretold online by 30 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 6, 2 PM to Nov 11, 8 AM ET (peak 27), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

⏱️ Who stayed on it

+62 h 🫏 left

Left outlets kept it on their front pages a median 62 hours longer than right outlets (84 hours against 22).

💬 Quoted

“Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?”1
“unlawful attack”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

📌 Linked by aggregators

3 Google News · Political Wire · Drudge Report

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 17 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (2 wordings): “Minnesota U.S. Senate Election Live Results 2026” → “Mississippi election commissioners certify affidavit ballots as close Senate race looms”
Axios (2 wordings): “Colom's Senate cliffhanger puts Mississippi voter rolls under microscope” → “Mississippi's Senate cliffhanger puts state's voter rolls under microscope”
BBC (4 wordings): “When to expect Senate results from the tight race in Mississippi” → “In Mississippi, voters await cliffhanger Senate result with hope and frustration”
CBS News (3 wordings): “Mississippi Senate race still a toss-up, with razor-thin margin” → “Mississippi Senate race leans Democratic; Colom holds narrow lead”
CNBC (5 wordings): “Mississippi Senate election: Democrat Scott Colom narrowly leads Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith” → “Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit”
CNN (2 wordings): “The fight is growing over ballot counting in Mississippi’s tight Senate race” → “‘Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?’: In a nail-biter Senate race, the incumbent stays out of view As the Mississippi Senate race still remains too close to call, candidates have taken different approaches towards the public”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Extremely close Mississippi Senate race likely headed to court” → “Mississippi Senate race still too close to call: AP”
New York Times (2 wordings): “In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized” → “Ballot Deadlines Pass in Mississippi Senate Race After Considerable Struggles”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Colom vs. Hyde-Smith: Mississippi Senate Race Update as Key Deadline Nears” → “Mississippi Senate Race Could Hinge on Affidavit Ballots: What To Know”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Democrat clings to razor-thin lead in Mississippi Senate race” → “Scott Colom stands on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Democrat inches ahead in Mississippi Senate count; another Trump loyalist resigns from justice department” → “Lawyers descend on Mississippi as vote counting continues in razor-thin Senate race”
The Hill (2 wordings): “Colom rips 'unlawful attack' after Hyde-Smith demands ballot preservation in Mississippi” → “How Scott Colom turned his Mississippi Senate race into a nail-biter”
The National Desk (2 wordings): “Votes still being counted in close Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi” → “A historic first hangs on Mississippi's razor-close Senate count”
The Washington Post (4 wordings): “What happens if Mississippi’s Senate race ends in a near tie? The state has no recount law.” → “Mississippi reaches deadline to count Senate ballots; Democrat still has lead”
The Washington Times (3 wordings): “Mississippi Senate candidates lawyer up in nail-biter election” → “Mississippi Senate race winner still undetermined as ballot deadlines arrive”
USA Today (2 wordings): “Mississippi Senate race still too close to call. See live results” → “Mississippi, Alaska Senate races drift toward the courts. What to know”
Yahoo News (4 wordings): “How the Mississippi Senate race between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith got so close — and what happens next” → “Democrat pulls further ahead as cliffhanger Mississippi Senate race nears certification”

📰 Every outlet's headline 34left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 7, 9 PM ET Scott Colom And Black Mississippians Stand On The Cusp Of Senate History As Vote Count Stretches On
MSNBC🕒 Nov 4, 2 PM ET MS NOW rates Alaska and Mississippi Senate races too close to call
The Daily Kos🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Democrat expands lead in Mississippi Senate race
The Guardian🕒 Nov 6, 2 PM ET Democrat inches ahead in Mississippi Senate count; another Trump loyalist resigns from justice department
ABC News🕒 Nov 4, 4 PM ET What to know about recounts in Mississippi with razor-thin margin in Senate race
AP🕒 Nov 5, 8 PM ET Minnesota U.S. Senate Election Live Results 2026
Axios🕒 Nov 6, 4 PM ET Colom's Senate cliffhanger puts Mississippi voter rolls under microscope
CBS News🕒 Nov 6, 9 AM ET Mississippi Senate race still a toss-up, with razor-thin margin
CNBC🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET Mississippi Senate election: Democrat Scott Colom narrowly leads Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith
CNN🕒 Nov 6, 8 AM ET The fight is growing over ballot counting in Mississippi’s tight Senate race
NPR🕒 Nov 6, 3 PM ET No one knows how many ballots are outstanding in Mississippi's Senate race
New York Times🕒 Nov 5, 10 PM ET In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 10, 7 PM ET Mississippi voters reflect on surprising Senate race as count continues
Semafor🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Democrats flock to Mississippi amid Senate vote tally
The Independent🕒 Nov 5, 9 AM ET Nail-biting Mississippi Senate race could deliver fresh blow for Trump
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 5, 6 PM ET What happens if Mississippi’s Senate race ends in a near tie? The state has no recount law.
Time🕒 Nov 4, 8 PM ET How the Mississippi Senate Race Became a Nail-Biter
USA Today🕒 Nov 5, 10 AM ET Mississippi Senate race still too close to call. See live results
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 5, 7 PM ET How the Mississippi Senate race between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith got so close — and what happens next
BBC🕒 Nov 4, 10 PM ET When to expect Senate results from the tight race in Mississippi
Newsweek🕒 Nov 9, 2 PM ET Colom vs. Hyde-Smith: Mississippi Senate Race Update as Key Deadline Nears
Reuters🕒 Nov 6, 2 PM ET Mississippi US Senate candidates battle over ballots as winner remains unclear
Scripps News🕒 Nov 5, 12 PM ET Democrat clings to razor-thin lead in Mississippi Senate race
Straight Arrow News🕒 Nov 5, 7 AM ET Democrat Scott Colom leads Mississippi’s Senate race by just 1,138 votes
The Hill🕒 Nov 6, 1 PM ET Colom rips 'unlawful attack' after Hyde-Smith demands ballot preservation in Mississippi
Just the News🕒 Nov 5, 11 PM ET Extremely close Mississippi Senate race likely headed to court
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 5, 7 PM ET Mississippi, Alaska Senate Races Remain Too Close to Call
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Mississippi Senate candidates lawyer up in nail-biter election
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 6, 10 AM ET Mississippi Democrat’s lead continues to widen as race remains uncalled
IJR🕒 Nov 8, 12 AM ET Mississippi Senate Race Uncalled, Colom Leads by 28
Newsmax🕒 Nov 6, 2 PM ET Mississippi Senate Candidates Clash Over Ballots
The Daily Signal🕒 Nov 9, 8 PM ET Mississippi Senate Race Hangs on Thousands of Affidavit Ballots
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 10, 10 AM ET Mississippi Gives Ballot Update One Week After Election As Voters Wait On Potential Upset
The National Desk🕒 Nov 5, 5 PM ET Votes still being counted in close Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi

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🃏 The Borowitz Report 1

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🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Tight race 🧶 online
“The Mississippi U.S. Senate race remains too close to call as thousands of ballots are still being counted.”

🧶 Retold online

Scott Colom is expanding his lead in the Mississippi Senate race. Nov 11: told by 22 people
The Mississippi U.S. Senate race remains too close to call as thousands of ballots are still being counted. Nov 10: told by 8 people; told before on Nov 9, Nov 8
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