# Mississippi elects first Black senator since 1874

https://mins.news/en/item/140251

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-12 08:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/12/mississippi-elects-first-black-senator-since-1874?traffic_source=rss

> Democrat Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and becoming the state’s first Black senator since 1874.

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