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Democrat wins Mississippi Senate seat in major upset
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Source: Martinsville Bulletin
Democratic challenger Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi election for the U.S. Senate, media projected Wednesday, making him the southern state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War.
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