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Mississippi U.S. Senate Race Update Since Hinds County has not reported votes tonight tonight, I wouldn't expect a call in Mississippi's Senate race from VoteHub until next week at the earliest. Colom holds a small lead, and ballots reported since Election Day have been more favorable to him than the initial returns in each county. That suggests his lead is much more likely to grow than shrink. Hinds County, a heavily Democratic county that includes Jackson, also accounts for a disproportionate share of the estimated outstanding ballots, which should help him. The challenge is determining how many ballots remain statewide. Mississippi has a history of reporting substantial numbers of votes after Election Day, but it lacks a centralized system for tracking outstanding ballots like those in Arizona or California. Gathering that information requires contacting counties individually. We don't yet have enough information to rule out *with complete certainty* the possibility that a few Republican counties have enough outstanding ballots to give Hyde-Smith a path back. VoteHub currently has 28 uncalled federal and gubernatorial races, most of which are highly, highly unlikely to change leaders. Even compared to those other races, Mississippi is not very high on the list of those we consider most likely to flip.