According to CNBC, citing Associated Press vote tallies as of Tuesday 4:30 PM ET, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes in the Mississippi Senate race, with 953,547 votes counted, representing approximately 97% of the total. Tuesday marked the deadline for verifying provisional ballots and receiving mail-in ballots that met postmark requirements, and the race had not been called at the time of reporting.