U.S. Senate Race Update: Scott Colom leads with 98% of votes counted

The U.S. Senate Race is still undecided as election officials continue counting and processing votes.

98 percent of the votes have been counted.

Democratic Challenger Scott Colom continues to hold a narrow lead with 49.1 percent of the vote, putting him ahead by over 3,000 votes statewide.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde Smith remains close behind at 48.79 percent, while Independent Ty Pinkins received more than 20,000 votes, accounting for 2.1 percent of ballots counted so far.