Colom defeats Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race

Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, according to an Associated Press race call Wednesday, Nov. 11. The call followed more than a week of counting outstanding ballots. Colom, a north Mississippi district attorney, will become the state’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction and its first Democrat elected to the Senate since 1982. Hyde-Smith has held the seat since 2018. The results remain unofficial pending certification.

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