MS Secretary of State releases final election numbers

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The official vote results from all 82 Mississippi counties are now in, Secretary of State Michael Watson announced Friday.

A total of 21,344 affidavit ballots were processed and approximately 73% of them were accepted, Watson said.

As of Friday night, election results show Senator-elect Scott Colom with 479,404 votes, or 49.3%, to 471,817, or 48.6%, for Cindy Hyde-Smith - a margin of 7,587 votes between the two.

Independent Ty Pinkins received 20,439 votes, or 2.1%.

“Congrats to our entire team for a job well done!” Watson wrote on X.

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