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IrelandColom credits local creators as Mississippi Senate count continues
In CNN's interview with Anderson Cooper, the Democrat expresses confidence in victory while the network keeps the race too close to call.
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Story of Why this story? One of CNN's most watched videos since yesterday, with 685,706 views.
Now ahead by 2,536 votes, MS Dem Colom thinks he will win
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- 0:10Colom says he expects Hinds County's remaining count to confirm his lead by Wednesday morning.
- 2:05Cooper plays Colom's campaign ad parodying Hyde-Smith's comments about beef prices.
- 3:20Colom credits local creators and Mississippi-specific outreach, arguing that voters want authenticity.
- 3:55Sidner explains deadlines for resolving provisional and absentee ballots in the still-uncalled race.
- 4:46Grayer reports from Hinds County on voter-roll discrepancies and ballot counting.
- 7:51Hilton and Porter assess Republican candidate choices and Democratic campaigning across several states.
Scott Colom is talking about serving Mississippi, but CNN is not yet declaring him its next senator. In an interview with Anderson Cooper, the Democratic challenger expresses confidence that the remaining count will confirm his narrow lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
CNN puts that lead at roughly 2,500 votes. Colom says he expects Hinds County to finalize its counting by Wednesday morning. That is his expectation, not a completed result.
The interview adds the candidate's own account to the continuing ballot-count story, including how his campaign reached voters. Cooper plays a commercial parodying Hyde-Smith's comments about beef prices, and Colom credits local creators and outreach shaped specifically for Mississippi.
"They don't want a normal politician. They want somebody that feels authentic," Colom says. A district attorney since 2016, he presents that approach as part of his campaign's momentum.
The report then moves from campaign messaging to the unfinished election work. Sara Sidner explains deadlines affecting provisional and absentee ballots, while Annie Grayer reports from the Hinds County election office on voter-roll discrepancies and the count. Grayer also relays Hyde-Smith's position: she wants every vote counted.
A later panel with Steve Hilton and Katie Porter examines candidate quality and Democratic campaigning. Their assessments remain political analysis, not an election call: CNN's segment leaves the Mississippi result unresolved.
A Democratic lawyer and politician who has served as district attorney for Mississippi’s 16th Judicial District since 2016. He is challenging Cindy Hyde-Smith in the state’s 2026 U.S. Senate election.
More on Wikipedia ›A Republican who has represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate since 2018. She previously served as the state’s agriculture and commerce commissioner.
More on Wikipedia ›A conservative political commentator and former strategy adviser to British prime minister David Cameron. He was the Republican candidate for California governor in 2026, losing to Xavier Becerra.
More on Wikipedia ›A Democrat who represented California in the U.S. House from 2019 to 2025. She later ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2024 and California governor in 2026.
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The ad parodies Hyde-Smith's comments about beef prices.