By Sniffles
We cats are looking forward to Tuesday, when the political situation in both Alaska and Mississippi will become clearer. Election Day ballots, and absentee and provisional ballots, will be counted and/or dealt with by then. And Alaska's electorate is rural, wild, and far-flung, so let's all have a little patience there.
Rumors are that, by Tuesday, after the absentees and affidavit ballots are dealt with in Mississippi, Scott Colom will lead by approximately 4,000 votes, and Cindy Hyde-Smith will be forced to concede by Wednesday. (It's also been pointed out that Mississippi tends to elect its Senators for life. Scott Colom is only 43 years old.) What an incredible result, if it happens — Mississippi hasn't had a Black Senator since Reconstruction.
Colom plus Peltola should put the Democrats at 56 seats in the Senate. Can we all just take a break from the Russian-bot-induced argument over House and Senate leaders to acknowledge how incredible that is? Particularly when you look back at how inhospitable the Senate map was for Democrats in 2026. Thank you, Ken Martin and DNC; thank you, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries; and most of all, thank you, Black women, for organizing and making all this possible. We cats PURR.
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