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Dispatch from Mississippi (vv) | CNN Politics

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November 04, 2026 • 12:00 PM
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CNN’s Annie Grayer goes inside a ballot-counting center in Mississippi as absentee ballots are counted. Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the state’s incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith are locked in a razor-thin Senate race following Tuesday’s election.

Dispatch from Mississippi (vv) | CNN Politics

CNN's Annie Grayer goes inside a ballot-counting center in Mississippi as absentee ballots are counted. Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the state's incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith are locked in a razor-thin Senate race following Tuesday's election.

CNN's Annie Grayer goes inside a ballot-counting center in Mississippi as absentee ballots are counted. Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the state's incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith are locked in a razor-thin Senate race following Tuesday's election.

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