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Hyde-Smith says Mississippi isn't over as Colom holds narrow lead

The Damage Report's election update examines the incumbent's response, then turns to another unresolved Senate contest in Alaska.

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Republicans PANIC After Stunning Democratic Surge In Mississippi

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0:00Scott Colom holds a narrow lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith, but Mississippi's Senate contest remains unresolved.
1:25Hyde-Smith's statement says the election is not over and her team is monitoring remaining ballots.
3:33The Alaska results shown put Mary Peltola narrowly ahead of incumbent Dan Sullivan.
4:02Iadarola challenges Trump's attempt to combine different candidates' votes to declare Sullivan the winner.
5:25A Kansas results graphic shows Chris Mann's called victory over Kris Kobach for attorney general.

Cindy Hyde-Smith says her team is monitoring the remaining ballots. Scott Colom still holds a narrow lead. For John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson, that unfinished Mississippi count is the starting point for an election update about Republican seats Democrats could yet pick up.

The Damage Report segment drew more than 308,000 views in six hours, already several times the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video.

As we reported here, Iadarola had already made his own call on Mississippi. This segment returns to a contest that remains officially unresolved, with the host questioning Hyde-Smith's absence from public appearances since election night. He then reads her statement insisting the election is not over and that her team is watching the outstanding vote count.

The distinction matters: Colom's lead is not a declared victory. A win would make him Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction and its first Democrat elected to the Senate in more than four decades.

The hosts then turn to Alaska, where Mary Peltola leads Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in the results shown. Iadarola challenges a Donald Trump post that combines votes for different candidates to assert a Sullivan victory. "You don't get to just do it in your mind and then declare that it's over," he says.

The segment finishes with a result already called: Democrat Chris Mann's victory over Kris Kobach in the Kansas attorney general election, displayed alongside the still-unsettled Senate contests.

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Channel: The Damage Report
Subscribers: 1,390,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 12,461,909
Channel views, pace per day: 2,534,720 (on a normal day: 1,412,688)
Video published: November 9, 2026
Video views so far: 308,407 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 777,186

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The Mississippi update passed the channel's usual full-day views within its opening six hours. Its comment count had also already exceeded a typical first day.

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