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U.S. Senate · Mississippi · 2026

General election · 3 on the certified November ballot · Incumbent running

Model rating Leans Republican (Tilting) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

3 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 5 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated

News attention 75/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 3 days ago. How it works

On the November ballot (2)

Certified by the state, checked 2026-09-30.

Also on the certified ballot: Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican).

Not on the certified ballot (3)

Filed or ran for this seat, but not on the state’s certified list for November.

Official source: https://sos.ms.gov/content/CandidateQualifying/default.aspx

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

no verified inputs yet

3 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)Scott Colom (D)Ty Pinkins (I)● verified poll · ○ quarantined poll · ◎ live average

Campaign money (FEC)

Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican$5,458,311$3,083,958$2,535,8962026-06-30
Priscilla Williams Till Democratic$8,584$3,030$02026-04-15
Sarah Anne Adlakha Republican$566,184$556,455$9,7292026-02-18
Scott Colom Democratic$2,384,921$1,537,875$847,0462026-06-30
Ty Pinkins Independent$98,038$98,301$5,3522026-06-30

Results

Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.

Democratic primary

Scott Colom won109,81772.9%
Priscilla Williams-Till28,07518.6%
Albert Littell12,7498.5%

Republican primary

Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent) won127,85280.8%
Sarah Adlakha30,34419.2%

Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-30 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-03-10 — Primary election: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-04-07 — Runoff: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. Senate

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Primary and hypothetical polls (2)

Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.

  • Hypothetical matchup · Impact Research (partisan) · 2026-04-08–2026-04-12 · n=500 · Generic Opponent 53%, Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) 33% · release
  • Hypothetical matchup · Impact Research (partisan) · 2025-06-18–2025-06-22 · n=500 · Generic Opponent 46%, Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) 38% · release

Signals (experimental)

Attention 75 Vector R · Tilting

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
75OUT OF 100High attention
Attention percentile98th
7-day momentum22 / 100
Source breadth100% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness5 of 7 inputs (national, pres, incumbent, money, pulse) · missing: prior, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-27 (3 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin R +8.1Presidential lean of the seat (2024 R +23.1, national swing D +10.5)R +12.7Fundraising velocity (FEC)R +5.3Attention shareR +0.4IncumbencyR +6.0National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-30), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: R · Tilting (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.