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Covington County, Mississippi

2026 election results. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) has 55% of the U.S. Senate vote in Covington County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 20.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Covington County

U.S. Senate

Cindy Hyde-Smith
54.6%3,766
Scott Colom
42.2%2,913
Ty Pinkins
3.2%220
100% counted

Statewide: not called; Scott Colom leads.

The leader in Covington County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 12, 6:48 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MS SenateR +12.8R +33.5D +20.8
MS-03R +21.6R +33.5D +12.0

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Covington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.0%Donald Trump66.2%R +33.38,861
2020Joe Biden36.5%Donald Trump62.5%R +26.09,359
2016Hillary Clinton37.2%Donald Trump61.7%R +24.58,811
2012Barack Obama41.5%Mitt Romney57.8%R +16.39,348
2008Barack Obama40.9%John McCain58.6%R +17.79,423
2004John Kerry38.3%George W. Bush61.1%R +22.98,194
2000Al Gore38.1%George W. Bush60.7%R +22.66,881

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +10.6.

Other counties in Mississippi

Mississippi results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Mississippi certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Mississippi's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.