Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win

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Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in a narrow Mississippi Senate race after officials counted provisional ballots. His victory makes him the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since 1875 and the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the state since 1982.

Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 Democrat Scott Colom pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the midterm elections when he defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since 1875, after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states. Colom opened up a narrow lead over Hyde-Smith late on election night. His lead widened as election officials counted provisional ballots. Hyde-Smith was not able to close the gap. Continue reading...