# Democrat Scott Colom wins stunning upset in Mississippi Senate race

https://mins.news/en/item/139760

- Reuters, 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-scott-colom-defeats-incumbent-cindy-hyde-smith-cnn-projects-2026-11-11/

> 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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