After more than a week of counting votes, the Democrats secured the Senate seat for Mississippi

It was announced a few hours ago that the left opposition has taken the Senate seat for Mississippi, with incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith being defeated in a result that was delayed for more than a week after election day because mail-in ballots and other types of votes were still being counted.

Candidate Scott Colom is the first member of the Democratic Party to win a Senate seat for Mississippi since 1982. CNN and other networks projected his victory on Wednesday afternoon with 472,188 votes (49.19%) compared to Hyde-Smith's 467,603 votes (48.71%), a difference of nearly 4,400 votes.

According to the municipal authorities in charge of the counting, as expected, the Democratic candidate received a higher percentage of the "affidavit ballots" that were counted after election night last Tuesday. Colom also performed unexpectedly well in Republican counties in the votes counted after election day.

In this legislative election, Democrats have already taken eight Senate seats from the ruling party and are aiming to secure Alaska with the help of former Democratic Representative Mary Peltola, although knowing the result of this contest could extend until this weekend or even Thanksgiving Day.

This is due to the ranked-choice voting system used in Alaska. Under this mechanism, if no candidate reaches 50% by the end of the initial count, the preferential voting system is immediately applied. Additionally, campaign associates linked to Peltola promoted the candidacy of another man named Dan Sullivan to create confusion among voters for Republican Senator Dan Sullivan on the ballot, his main rival.