Affidavit ballots went to Democrat Scott Colom by a margin of 69 to 29 percent in the U.S. Senate race in Lafayette County, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi. Overall, Colom won every vote cast against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by a much narrower margin of 49 to 48 percent, according to numbers reported today by Lafayette County.
If Colom’s affidavit vote margins similarly exceed his overall vote margins in other counties across the state, it would be difficult for Hyde-Smith to regain the lead. As many as 20,000 votes are outstanding across the state, many of which are affidavit ballots. The distribution is as follows:
Affidavit ballots (207 cast)
Scott Colom: 142 (68.6%)
Cindy Hyde-Smith: 60 (29.0%)
Ty Pinkins: 5 (2.4%)
Registration: 0 (0.0%)
Total votes (17,246 votes)
Scott Colom: 8,525 (49.4%)
Cindy Hyde-Smith: 8,325 (48.3%)
Ty Pinkins: 373 (2.2%)
Registration: 23 (0.1%)
Colom also surpassed Hyde-Smith’s totals in in-person and mail-in absentee ballots. Hyde-Smith narrowly won Election Day votes in Lafayette County.
Absent in person (2,985 votes)
Scott Colom: 1,598 (53.5%)
Cindy Hyde-Smith: 1,351 (45.3%)
Ty Pinkins: 35 (1.2%)
Registration: 1 (0.03%)
Absent by mail (167 votes)
Scott Colom: 97 (58.1%)
Cindy Hyde-Smith: 67 (40.1%)
Ty Pinkins: 3 (1.8%)
Election day (13,887 votes)
Scott Colom: 6,688 (48.2%)
Cindy Hyde-Smith: 6,847 (49.3%)
Ty Pinkins: 330 (2.4%)
Registration: 22 (0.2%)
Colom’s one-point lead over Hyde-Smith represents a 23.3-point gain in favor of Democrats since the 2024 presidential race, when President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in Lafayette County by 60 to 38 percent. Turnout in Lafayette County reached 52.32%, the county reported, with 17,301 votes cast out of 33,067 registered voters.
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