{"id":2700101,"date":"2026-11-06T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngop-believes-mississippi-will-break-our-way-in-tight-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T08:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:53:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngop-believes-mississippi-will-break-our-way-in-tight-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngop-believes-mississippi-will-break-our-way-in-tight-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Says Mississippi Will &#8216;Break Our Way&#8217; In Tight Senate Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngop-believes-mississippi-will-break-our-way-in-tight-senate-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2700101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Mississippi\u2019s tight Senate contest, Republicans say provisional and outstanding ballots-many from red counties-could push incumbent Cindy Hyde\u2011Smith ahead. RNC and state GOP lawyers and observers are monitoring counts and say affidavit validation rates are unusually high; they\u2019re prepared to sue if provisional ballots aren\u2019t segregated. Hyde\u2011Smith trailed Democrat Scott Colom by roughly 1,800 votes as thousands of provisional and about 3,000 mail\u2011in ballots remain; mail\u2011ins postmarked by election Day count if received within five business days. Colom\u2019s campaign disputes GOP demands as unlawful. Final tallies are due Nov. 13.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As the ballot counting plods along in Mississippi\u2019s razor-thin Senate race, Republicans sound confident that they\u2019ve got the votes to come out on top. If they do, it would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-projects-republicans-will-take-back-house-with-three-seat-majority\/\" title=\"NBC Projects ... Will Take Back House With Three Seat Majority\">rare bright spot<\/a> for the GOP in a bleak midterm election that already has cost Republicans control of Congress. <\/p>\n<p>Mike Hurst, chairman of the Republican Party of Mississippi, told The Federalist in an exclusive interview Thursday that the brunt of the 17,000 affidavit, or provisional, ballots to be counted is coming from traditionally Republican or red-leaning areas of the state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of hope that this is going to break our way,\u201d said Hurst, who also serves as general counsel for the Republican National Committee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually affidavits are only proven correct about 25 percent of the time,\u201d Hurst said. \u201cWe are seeing up to 75 percent or 80 percent validated. That\u2019s what\u2019s getting us excited. Internally that\u2019s why we\u2019re pretty bullish about this election.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Reinforce Her Path to Victory\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As of Thursday evening, about 20,000 outstanding ballots remained to be counted, Hurst said. Incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith trailed Democrat challenger Scott Colom by 1,813 votes, one-tenth of a percentage point (49% to 48.9%). <\/p>\n<p>Early Wednesday morning, several hours after Mississippi poles had closed, the candidates were separated by just 43 votes, with about 96 percent of the ballots counted, the Associated Press reported. <\/p>\n<p>RNC officials told The Federalist that 50 volunteer attorneys and observers have joined an \u201cexperienced in-state Election Integrity team\u201d in Mississippi to protect every last valid vote. The RNC, they said, is tracking outstanding ballots, monitoring the count, and scrutinizing the process to ensure Mississippi election law is followed at every step. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years,\u201d the senator\u2019s X account confidently predicted on Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe thousands of votes remain to be counted from dozens of Republican counties, and we are confident those votes will reinforce her path to victory,\u201d the post added. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Cindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years. We believe thousands of votes remain to be counted from dozens of Republican counties, and we are confident those votes will reinforce her path to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Cindy Hyde-Smith (@cindyhydesmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cindyhydesmith\/status\/2118443501893640467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Something We\u2019ve Never Seen in Mississippi\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Hyde-Smith\u2019s campaign and the RNC are prepared to sue if county commissioners and circuit clerks in Mississippi\u2019s 82 counties fail to quarantine all of the provisional ballots from the regular absentee ballots. <\/p>\n<p>Hurst called the high volume of election-tipping provisional ballots unlike anything the state has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hearing that there are a number of Republicans who, for whatever reason, have been taken off the voter rolls and had to take provisional ballots,\u201d the attorney told The Federalist. \u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve never seen in Mississippi before, something Democrats are not aware of.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hurst noted a close friend of his who hasn\u2019t missed an election in 30 years who was forced to cast an affidavit ballot after being kicked out of the voter rolls. <\/p>\n<p>Hyde-Smith\u2019s campaign expects Dem lawyers \u201cto pull out every stop.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Colom\u2019s campaign manager called the GOP demand letters to elections officials \u201ca desperate stunt\u201d by national Republicans who \u201cknow they\u2019re about to lose a race,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026\/11\/05\/ms-republican-party-watching-us-senate-election-ready-to-send-lawyers\/92630307007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the Clarion Ledger. More so, Colom\u2019s lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/11\/05\/mississippi-senate-election-scott-colom-hyde-smith.html\"><\/a>sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/scottcolom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letter-to-Counties-Re-Segregation-of-Ballots.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to local elections officials, blasting the Republicans\u2019 demands as \u201cunlawful and extraordinary measures.\u201d They claimed the RNC\u2019s arguments \u201chave no basis in Mississippi law.\u201d Colom is being represented by the law firm led by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/02\/court-stops-michigans-leftist-elections-chief-from-destroying-pollbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia collusion hoaxer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/scottcolom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letter-to-Counties-Re-Segregation-of-Ballots.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Elias<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But Elias, hailed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/crsj\/resources\/human-rights\/2025-october\/human-rights-hero-marc-elias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHuman rights hero\u201d<\/a> by the leftist American Bar Association, has defended Democrats in lawsuits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/crsj\/resources\/human-rights\/2025-october\/human-rights-hero-marc-elias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arguing for<\/a> provisional ballots to be counted. Now, his law firm is arguing to stop an unprecedented number of provisional ballots from being included in the count. <\/p>\n<p>Hurst said about 3,000 mail-in ballots remain uncounted. Under Mississippi law, upheld this summer by the Supreme Court\u2019s 5-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/06\/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling,<\/a> mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day are counted if they are received within five business days. <\/p>\n<p>An army of Republican Party volunteers has been deployed \u201cwhere votes are still being decided,\u201d an RNC Election Integrity team member told The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRNC and Mississippi GOP attorneys and observers are in counties across the state where ballot review and counting remain underway, watching how outstanding ballots are handled and how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/board-refuses-to-have-fulton-county-investigated-for-double-scanning-3000-ballots-in-2020-recount\/\" title=\"Board Denies Investigation into Fulton ...y for Double-Scanning 3,000 ... in 2020 Re...\">election officials determine<\/a> which ballots legally qualify to be counted,\u201d the RNC official said. <\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has no automatic recount trigger. Officials said it could be days before all of the votes are in, processed and counted. The final tallies must be submitted to the Secretary of State\u2019s office by Friday, Nov. 13. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi vote count tight; GOP confident of win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2700102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-06-at-2.22.09-AM-1024x578.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[35835,34069,6203,6632,34723],"class_list":["post-2700101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-campaign-strategy","tag-election-news","tag-gop","tag-mississippi","tag-senate-race"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-06-at-2.22.09-AM-1024x578.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2700101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2700105,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700101\/revisions\/2700105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2700102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2700101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2700101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2700101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}