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Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield@mastodon.social

An interesting side quest for those closely following the #Mississippi Senate results: The race featured an independent candidate named Ty Pinkins who is a black former Democrat.

Did he take votes from Scott Colom or Cindy Hyde-Smith?

He says the latter, and might be right: https://www.wtva.com/2026/11/04/what-i-actually-did-was-split-republican-vote-ty-pinkins-shares-why-he-stayed/

‘What I actually did was split the Republican vote’: Ty Pinkins shares why he stayed in Mississippi's third option for U.S. Senate, Ty Pinkins, is on the mind of many as the race remains in the balance. www.wtva.com
M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows@c.im

@meltedcheese @mattsheffield This is glorious. Let's make him chair of the DNC.

"the poll showed that if he ran, 70 percent of his voters would be disgruntled Republican supporters.

Pinkins said his goal all along was to defeat the incumbent Sen. Hyde-Smith. He said he purposely did not campaign in majority Black areas."