# Democrat Scott Colom wins closely watched Mississippi Senate race

https://mins.news/en/item/139771

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-11 23:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-wins-closely-watched-us-senate-race-in-mississippi?traffic_source=rss

> Scott Colom narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s US Senate race, giving Democrats an eighth Senate seat after last week’s midterms. Colom will become the state’s first Black senator in more than 140 years.

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