Scott Colom’s lead rises to more than 2,000 votes ahead of Cindy Hyde-Smith in Senate race

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Democratic challenger Scott Colom leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 2,000 votes in unofficial results of the U.S. Senate race as of Friday afternoon.

As of 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 6, Colom has 467,153 votes, or 49.1 percent, to Hyde-Smith’s 465,124, or 48.8 percent.

Colom is now ahead by 2,029 votes.

It is estimated that 96.8% of the votes were cast.

Asked Friday about the tight Senate race, Colom said: “I’m willing to accept the results, right? That’s what our democracy is. When people lose, they can’t be sore losers; they have to accept the results. … The senator has to speak up, right? Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith? Why can’t she speak for herself? Why does she have to have Chairman Hurst speaking for her? We want to hear her. She has to answer the questions. What is her path to victory?

Later Friday, Cindy Hyde-Smith released the following statement, saying the election was not over:

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