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Inside Mississippi's ballot counting in tight Senate race
BBC News - US & Canada and WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThe BBC's Carl Nasman goes inside a county election commission building as votes are counted in the race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith.
The headline splitBBC News - US & Canada frames it as "Inside Mississippi's ballot counting in tight Senate race". WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) frames it as "Scott Colom widens his lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race".
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CenterInside Mississippi's ballot counting in tight Senate race
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Inside Mississippi's ballot counting in tight Senate race
The BBC's Carl Nasman goes inside a county election commission building as votes are counted in the race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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The U.S. Senate race in Mississippi between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is still too close to call as officials count provisional ballots.
Scott Colom widens his lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race
The U.S. Senate race in Mississippi between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is still too close to call as officials count provisional ballots.
