# Mississippi elects its first Black senator in more than 140 years

https://mins.news/en/item/140625

- NBC News, 2026-11-12 12:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.today.com/video/mississippi-sends-first-democrat-to-senate-in-45-years-273325637994

> Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, becoming the state’s first elected Black senator since Reconstruction and its first Democratic senator in nearly 45 years.

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