The Chair of the Republican party in Mississippi, Mike Hurst, tells CNN’s Jake Tapper there may be as many as 25,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted

Mississippi became the unlikeliest Senate battleground after a viral ad brought attention to Democrat Scott Colom's campaign.

Lawyers for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Hyde-Smith told election workers to separate affidavit ballots. Colom's lawyers say that's illegal.

But both parties want their donors to open up their checkbooks one last time for the fight over the final two seats. The race is on to raise cash in both Alaska and Mississippi, the only two Senate seats that remain uncalled as of Thursday afternoon.

Young Mississippians turned out in higher numbers for the 2026 midterm elections. Many cited the U.S. Senate race as the main reason why they voted.

Dems Hold Slim Leads in Alaska, Mississippi Races

The Mississippi Senate election could be determined by the mail-in ballots received after Election Day, whose legality was upheld by the Supreme Court.

There are just four races for U.S. Senate and governor that The Associated Press has not yet called as of Thursday. Contests in Alaska, Kansas and Mississippi have narrow margins with votes still outstanding even as the scale of Democrats’ midterm victory across the country comes into focus,

Midterm results are still trickling in nationwide after Tuesday’s blue tsunami. Fmr. AG Eric Holder, Chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, joins The Weeknight to discuss the latest as the Mississippi Senate and several House races have yet to be called.