As of Friday afternoon, Democrat challenger Scott Colom is leading Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 2,000 votes in unofficial results in the U.S. Senate race. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 6, Colom has 467,153 votes, or 49.1%, to 465,124, or 48.8%, for Hyde-Smith. Colom is now ahead by 2,029 votes.