WREG examines unsigned ballots in Mississippi's uncalled Senate election
Raven Copeland's DeSoto County report pairs voter-access concerns with the secretary of state's defense of affidavit ballots.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Colom leads Hyde-Smith as MS Senate race remains uncalled
A missing signature can matter as much as the votes on a ballot. In WREG News Channel 3's most-watched new upload, Kelly Jacobs of Indivisible DeSoto says affidavit ballots at one precinct will not count because the poll manager did not sign them.
Raven Copeland's report, "Colom leads Hyde-Smith as MS Senate race remains uncalled," moves beyond the unresolved result to the mechanics of counting. Democrat Scott Colom remains ahead of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the report, while ballot checking continues. Jacobs describes registered voters being required to cast affidavit ballots and calls for early voting. A written statement from Secretary of State Michael Watson defends affidavit ballots as a safeguard during voter-roll maintenance.
That election update was the most watched of WREG's 28 uploads this week. The Collierville homicide news conference followed it in total views and has the strongest daily viewing momentum among the channel's uploads. Monday's Daybreak forecast is also drawing attention, with a modest warm-up before another Wednesday cold front.
Across the library, WREG added roughly 381,000 views over the week, while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is a little above its usual level. Nearby in channel size, LOCAL 12 and FOX6 News Milwaukee are seeing more pronounced lifts in daily viewing; WREG's week is steadier, with election counting, local reporting and the next cold front sharing the schedule.
Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat in 2026. He has served as district attorney for Mississippi’s 16th Judicial District since 2016.
More on Wikipedia ›Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi who has held the seat since 2018.
More on Wikipedia ›Mississippi’s Republican secretary of state. He previously served in the Mississippi State Senate from 2008 to 2020.
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- Channel
- WREG News Channel 3
- Subscribers
- 287,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 380,988
- Videos published this week
- 28
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 3,171
The numbers
Here is WREG News Channel 3's week in views and subscribers.
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Who reports from DeSoto County in WREG's Senate-count update?
Copeland signs off from DeSoto County at the end of the report.


