# No one knows how many ballots are outstanding in Mississippi's Senate race

- Source: NPR Politics
- Published: 2026-11-06T19:50:14+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.npr.org/2026/11/06/nx-s1-6030645/mississippi-senate-results-provisional-ballots
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/no-one-knows-how-many-ballots-are-outstanding-in-mississippi-s-senate--0ca137/

The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in Mississippi that is among the slowest and most decentralized in the U.S.

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