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In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized

5 novembre 2026 à 20:03
A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead.

© Rory Doyle for The New York Times

Voting machines and ballot bags used in the midterm elections remain at the Hinds County Election Commission building in Jackson, Miss.

Black Southerners Voted at Unusually High Levels — and They Voted for Democrats

5 novembre 2026 à 19:22
Democrats in the South used anger over redistricting, cuts to key federal programs and attacks on Black history to help galvanize a crucial bloc of voters to the polls.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

In Georgia, Black voters helped elevate Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic former mayor of Atlanta, to the governor’s mansion.

How Democrats Won Across the South

5 novembre 2026 à 13:18
They won Senate races in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with a Mississippi race still too close to call. Their wins lifted down-ballot candidates too.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

The crowd reacting at Senator Jon Ossoff’s election night party in Atlanta.

How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call

5 novembre 2026 à 09:18
Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same number of votes as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican.

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Scott Colom, a Democrat running for Senate in Mississippi, greeting supporters in Jackson, the state capital, on Wednesday.
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