Mississippi and Alaska Senate counts remain unresolved
Democrat Scott Colom held a narrow lead over Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, while Mary Peltola led Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan by 637 first-choice votes in Thursday snapshots. Both races remain uncalled, leaving the final size of Democrats’ Senate majority unsettled.
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Mississippi
The Daily Wire placed Colom’s Thursday lead at 1,833 votes; The Epoch Times reported 1,145 in an earlier Thursday update. The changing snapshots are not a final result. Mail-in and affidavit ballots remain, and counties have until Nov. 13 to transmit certified results.
Al Jazeera reported that Mississippi has no formal automatic or candidate-requested recount process. Candidates can inspect election materials and pursue a legal challenge.
Alaska
Newsweek reported Peltola with 102,962 votes to Sullivan’s 102,325, with neither above 50%. Ranked-choice tabulation is scheduled for Nov. 18 after remaining eligible ballots are processed.
President Trump called for votes for two lower-performing candidates to be assigned to Sullivan. A law professor quoted by Newsweek said Alaska law instead requires transfers according to voters’ own rankings. Peltola has denied involvement in an alleged effort to recruit another candidate named Dan Sullivan.
Why this matters
Democrats have already won Senate control. These two results will determine only the final margin, and no winner should be declared from the current leads.