Watch: BBC talks to Mississippi voters awaiting Senate result

Watch: BBC talks to Mississippi voters awaiting Senate result

Mississippi is close to finding out who has won the incredibly tight race for Senate, in a contest that could deliver the state's first Democratic senator in nearly four decades.Scott Colom, the Democrat, holds a lead of about 2,500 ballots - less than 1% - over his Republican opponent, the incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, according to the latest tally.If he wins, Colom would become the Magnolia State's first black senator in over 140 years.The BBC went to Mississippi to ask voters about the nail-biting wait - and why they think this election has come down to the wire.Read more about Mississippi's close senate race here.

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