MONDAY: Has Mississippi dared to go Blue?

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2026

A less-than-clearcut report: Did Scott Colom, to his vast credit, "dare to struggle, dare to win?" 

Putting it a different way:

Has the great (Republican) state of Mississippi really gone Black and Blue? 

Votes are still being counted! Watching cable, we've seen a succession of murky explanations of how many ballots remain uncounted. This very day, at the Washington Post, the news report excerpted below leaves a bit of confusion in place:   

Mississippi Senate ballot deadline looms, as Democrat’s lead remains steady   

Mississippi’s edge-of-the-seat Senate race will come into focus this week as Democrat Scott Colom maintains his lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) on Monday morning, up by 2,574 votes in the unofficial tally, according to the Associated Press.    

Tuesday is the deadline for counting provisional ballots, known in Mississippi as affidavit ballots, which are required if there is any question about a voter’s status at the polling place. Tuesday is also the deadline for receiving absentee ballots by mail, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.

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The trends have been in Colom’s favor. The highest number of outstanding votes Monday were in Hinds County, a blue stronghold around the state capital of Jackson, with another chunk remaining in nearby Holmes County, which is even bluer.

Michael Watson (R), the secretary of state, said on social media Sunday that there were slightly more than 2,800 absentee ballots still out. About 12,767 outstanding affidavit ballots had been processed, Watson said, and about 77 percent were accepted.  

And so on from there. Meanwhile:

Ooh boy! The murk and the gloaming infest that account!  This is why we say that:

Friend, Candidate Colom is ahead by 2,574 votes. The inquiring mind may want to know many ballots remain to be counted, but that's where the mystery creeps in! 

There are said to be "slightly more than 2,800 absentee ballots still out." But how many "outstanding affadavit ballots" potentially remain to be counted?  

As best we can tell, that passage gives you no way to know. Werewolves of London again!