Breaking News: Hyde-Smith Gets BAD NEWS in Mississippi Senate Ballot Update
Scott Colom is ahead in the Mississippi Senate race, and a new ballot update shows what Cindy Hyde-Smith is up against as the count continues.
In his November 9 update, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson reported that 15,547 affidavit ballots had been processed statewide, with roughly 76% accepted. I break down what those numbers mean, why the remaining vote in Hinds County matters, and what Hyde-Smith would need to catch Colom before counties submit their certified results on November 13.
Get more election analysis from The TEC Show on Substack: https://thetecshow.substack.com/
0:00 – Introduction & Mississippi update
0:23 – Secretary of State ballot update
1:29 – Certification deadline & election outlook
2:12 – Latest unofficial results & affidavit count
4:02 – County breakdowns & Hinds County impact
5:56 – Potential concession & conclusion
#2026Midterms #PoliticalAnalysis #Election2026 #SenateRaces #HouseOfRepresentatives #VoterTrends #PollingUpdate #TheTECShow
Comments
Latest news
@TheTECShow
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Do you see a path for Hyde-Smith to catch Scott Colom, or do you think the remaining ballots will widen his lead? Tell me what you’re watching in the comments and follow The TEC Show on Substack for more election analysis: <https://thetecshow.substack.com/>.
@SayItLoud11
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
I called my Court House to make sure my name was on the Roll and the Correct Voting Location was there too, I did not take for granite because I voted in the same place for 30 years that nothing had changed,This need to be a lesson for all Voters from here on out
@RicoHazard-j1t
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Stalling in the republican plan.
@leroymoore820
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Go blue
@MelanieEstepa-z5c
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
GO SCOTT! HE WILL WIN! she should concede already
@drcoolit
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Friday the 13th 2026 could be a very unlucky day for Hyde-Smith.
but a lucky day for MS and America.
@Delta-s9t
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Those damn republicans are going to try some trickery. The NAACP will be watching those crooks.
@wegder
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
To me it looks like it's over but we need to know how many Mail in ballots actually come in on time
@rocketgirl1957
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
One, Mississippi. Two Mississippi, three Mississippi four.
@sanmorgan8255
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
I thank Independent Candidate Ty P for his political strategy🔥🔥🔥🔥
The rodeo clown saves the bull rider cowboy every time.🙌🏽🙌🏿
@MagneticMethod
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
I am hopeful but we should never count our bitties before they hatch….
@roberthussey595
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
And to think that if Hyde-Smith hadn’t put the brakes on Colom from becoming a Judge in Mississippi she’d probably still be in office.
@Mark-gg4nt
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The best way to win is keep counting votes till your win. The big blue shuffle👋 wait was it the used car salesman candidates at best the people fell in love. Just imagine thinking the Democrat party going to solve are problems 😂
@donaldshopland7386
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Over half of the outstanding votes are in Hinds County which includes Jackson, and thus far Colom has received almost 80 percent of the ballots cast thus far.
@chazzbreaker51
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
This is becoming more exciting each day !!!!! SCOTT COLOM !!!!!!!
@paulteese4221
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The combined popular vote for senatorial candidates in the 14 southern states (including WV) was about 22 million Dem to 20 million Rep. The conservative South went blue!
@iamafractal
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
You’re looking at roughly 3200 valid voters who were forced onto affidavit ballots by the sneaky purge being rejected usually for voter suppression reasons such as ‘voting at the wrong precinct” (with today’s tech voters on most normal states can vote at any election center in the state) or a ‘signature mismatch’ since ballots are being checked not by pairs (one Republican and one Democrat) but just often by republicans who are very very picky about signatures. These voters don’t have the opportunity to come in and cure these—only ones who didn’t bring Id—another voter suppression tactic. Learn more about these shenanigans from investigative reporter Greg Palast. So thousands of votes not delivered back by Trump’s corrupt usps. 200,000 valid voters purged—forced onto affidavit then rejected for absolutely any reason.
@alicewaggle6803
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Mississippi looks great in Blue🇺🇸💙👏💙🇺🇸💙
@ScottSterl-u7w
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
If you wonder where the ballots would come from to allow Hyde-Smith to win, just check tRump's back pocket.
@blkriteouspc
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
So they are basically stealing the Election.
@kenright4992
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Someone is playing games with these elections
@kayak72-y3j
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
SCOTT COLOM is going to be a GREAT ,GREAT UNITED STATES SENATOR. ………….thank you Scott …….you are the MAN
@BlackMold9791
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The Mississippi Good Ole Boys will try and do anything to stop a black man from winning in one of the most RACIST STATES IN AMERICA.
@marn6923
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
23% have NOT been accepted? This smells of high-jinks (kind word) in the ballot review. I sure hope that the MAGA Mississippians aren't able to block Colom's election. I'll rest easy when his success is formerly announced. Have we got Mark Elias's team waiting in the wings if we need them? I don't trust the red side any further than I could throw them (At 81, that's not far.) P.S. – I'm a Washingtonian. We have NO such problem here. Please send a Democratic rep to our state and we will be delighted to show you how it's done fairly.
@gy7422
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
O please this is BS
@MolonLabeMN
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
We The PEOPLE voted out the Waste, Fraud and Abuse of the GOP, MAGA, Trump Authoritarianism, long live the Republic and the US Constitution, now we need action, accountability and results, Ely, MN 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@brianwensing4766
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Might as well start the voting for '28 down there since it will take 2 years to count …….
@paperboy84-i3g
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The high rate of acceptance on these ballots indicate that these should not have been removed from the voting polls. Can the state prove why they removed these voters?
@carblarson8868
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
It is my understanding that the “m” at the end of Colom’s name is pronounced as an “n.”
@wp8811
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The wicked witch is dead
@DD-vf9ow
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The 21% or so that were “not corrected” just means the people didn’t have time to go correct them before the deadline.
@DD-vf9ow
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
Yes you mean the affidavit votes for all those people improperly removed using credit report data???!! Those credit reports are notoriously inaccurate!! That’s just voter suppression.
@gloriasdaughter940
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
THose people have no class, there will be no conceding.
@stintus1
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
2026 and they still haven’t upgraded their voting systems, smh
@dennisray8904
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
It's Mississippi ❤️🔥 they not going to let this happen
@stevengalloway8052
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
I don't trust the GOP-state controlled processing apparatus. Until Colom is declared the winner, I'm going to be skeptical… 😑
@DonnieBall-o9i
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
77pct accepted 🤔
@MrPEIcanada
November 10, 2026 at 6:09 pm
No path forward for Hyde-Smith (I heard her sing)… Colom wins!