# US midterms live: Democrats eye historic Mississippi Senate upset as Republicans trade blame

https://mins.news/en/item/130154

- The Guardian, 2026-11-05 05:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/05/midterm-elections-live-latest-updates-mississippi-senate-race

> Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes, with nearly 96% counted; two Senate seats remain unsettled, including Alaska’s. As Republicans assign blame for their losses, JD Vance called the war in Iran the “obvious” culprit, while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis offered other explanations.

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