Mississippi Democratic candidate Scott Colom says he’s ‘confident’ he’ll win Senate race as it remains too close to call

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) — Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom said he is “confident” that he will win the Mississippi Senate race.

The race between Colom and Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is still too close to call.

As of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, 95.6% of votes had been counted. Colom narrowly leads Hyde-Smith, taking 462,821 (48.9%) of the vote compared to Hyde-Smith’s 462,778 (48.9%) votes. Independent Ty Pinkins has received 19,935 (2.1%) votes.

Because the race is a general congressional race, there will be no runoff, and the top vote-getter will take the seat.

No Democrat has represented Mississippi in the Senate since 1989.