Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race as of this morning, with about 97% of the expected vote counted, according to Associated Press figures reported by NBC News. Colom had 467,930 votes, or 49.1%, and Hyde-Smith had 465,356, or 48.8%. The race has not been called. […]

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