CBS News reported two outstanding Senate calls—Alaska and Mississippi—in the nationwide midterm tally.
Alaska's four-candidate Senate contest uses ranked-choice voting, according to NPR reporting cited in an earlier EconoTimes update covering both races. The count had not produced a candidate above 50%, NPR reported. Another tabulation was possible later in November, the outlet said.
NPR also reported Mississippi was still counting affidavit ballots at the time of its report; earlier EconoTimes coverage described the process as comparable to provisional voting. A separate EconoTimes update on Mississippi reported Scott Colom leading Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes at the time. That was the margin in the earlier update, not a current tally.
Earlier EconoTimes coverage said the outstanding contests kept the full composition of the incoming Congress from being settled.
