The Associated Press called the race on Wednesday.
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The Mississippi race remained too close to call for days after the election, with the two candidates split by only a razor-thin margin of as low as 0.1% with more than 95% of votes counted.
Ahead of Election Day, the Senate race was filled with name-calling and tit-for-tat jabs over the candidates’ differing ideologies.
In response, Hyde-Smith’s campaign defended her by saying that there was “no point in debating someone so out of touch with Mississippi that he advocates for the sex change surgeries for children,” referencing Colom’s stance on gender-affirming care.
Colom created a nickname of his own for his opponent, referring to Hyde-Smith as “Cindy High Prices.” Colom, whose campaign focused in part on lowering consumer prices, criticized the Republican incumbent for comments that appeared to brush off concerns about rising beef prices in particular, zoning in on a February television interview in which the Mississippi Senator said in response to a question about rising costs for beef and other food that there were “so many proteins to choose from.” Colom’s campaign put out a viral ad that suggested that voters, instead of picking another protein, should “pick another senator.”
In an unorthodox strategy, Colom attended Trump’s rally in Mississippi in an attempt to talk to voters about key issues and later said he had converted some of those he spoke to.
The two candidates were at odds on other key policy issues as well. Hyde-Smith, who chairs the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, also levied accusations against Colom for his position on abortion. Colom has described himself as pro-life, while saying that he trusts that women will “make the choices that are best for them.”
She also supported Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and cuts to Medicaid, which Colom has said he hopes to help reverse if elected.
The candidates have a history predating their tight Senate race as well. In 2023, Hyde-Smith blocked Colom from a federal judgeship after he was tapped for the position by President Joe Biden, citing Colom's support for transgender rights, among other issues.
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