PoliticsDemocrat Scott Colom wins stunning upset in Mississippi Senate race

News media project that Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith after several days of counting, making him Mississippi’s first Black senator since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War.

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RReuters★★★☆☆2026-11-11 23:12Original