Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, breaking the GOP’s grip on the state
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race after a ballot count that lasted more than a week, according to projections by the Associated Press and CNN, with CBS News reporting that it is the eighth Senate seat Democrats have flipped. Colom becomes the first Democrat elected
Most outlets report Colom's win over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, but they cite different sources: NPR and Axios attribute the call to the Associated Press, while Deadline relies on a CNN projection, and Newsweek, writing while the race was still uncalled, focuses on Colom's wife, Nadia. The New York Times, PBS NewsHour and Deadline lead with the historical milestone of Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction, and Axios instead highlights that Colom is the first Democrat elected to the state's Senate delegation since 1982. Politico, CBS News and Axios frame the result around national party stakes, citing a Democratic foothold in the South,
CRAYON analysis of the outlets' accounts — read them below and judge for yourself.Coverage 18 sources · 16 independent (wire copy collapsed) · 20 reports · 12L6C
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Who Is Mississippi Senate Candidate Scott Colom's Wife, Nadia?
Mississippi's U.S. Senate race remained uncalled a week after Election Day, as ballots continued to be counted.
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Scott Colom Makes History With Mississippi Senate Win, CNN Projects
Colom became Mississippi's first Democratic Senate winner since 1982 and its first Black popularly elected senator.
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CNN Projects Scott Colom Will Win U.S. Senate Race In Mississippi
Democrat Scott Colom will win the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, CNN projected on Wednesday, in what may be the biggest upset of the 2026 midterms. Colom would be the first Black person elected to the Senate from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Networks have been closely watching the vote count in the state for the past […]
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Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, breaking the GOP’s grip on the state
Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen.
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In Major Upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Seat
Scott Colom, a Democrat and prosecutor, is the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
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Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom to Senate in massive upset
Colom's win is a boost to the Democratic Party as it seeks to gain a larger foothold in the South.
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Scott Colom wins Senate election in Mississippi
Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
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Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in upset
Democrat Scott Colom defeated GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, delivering Democrats an eighth flipped Senate seat after the dramatic race had been up in the air for days.
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Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race
Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, according to a race call by the Associated Press, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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Democrat Scott Colom wins closely watched US Senate race in Mississippi
The historic victory flips an eighth US Senate seat for Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.
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Scott Colom ousts Cindy Hyde-Smith in historic Mississippi Senate flip
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a stunning Mississippi upset , becoming the first Democrat elected to the state's Senate delegation since 1982, AP projects. Why it matters: Colom's victory marks another extraordinary breakthrough for Democrats in the Deep South, extending the historic blue wave that handed the party control of both chambers of Congress. Colom also becomes Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction. Hiram Rhodes Revels became the nati
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Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in surprise victory for party
Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.
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Democrat Scott Colom projected to win Mississippi Senate seat
Democrat Scott Colom is projected to win the hotly contested Mississippi Senate seat, a significant upset for Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith. With Colom's win, Democrats will have a 55-seat majority in the Senate.
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Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win
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 wide
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Scott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State's First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982
Colom, who has defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, will be Mississippi's first Democratic Senator since 1982.
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How Scott Colom won deep-red Mississippi with little help from Democrats
Democrat chatted up people at hair salons, colleges and at Trump rallies to become Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction The ad is simple, less than half a minute long, but many say it was the moment the nation took notice of Mississippi ’s US Senate race. In it, the incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer, answers a reporter’s question about the rising price of beef : “You know, you have so many proteins to choose from,” she says. Continue reading...
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Mississippi Senate stunner: Hyde-Smith concedes to Democrat Scott Colom
Democrat Scott Colom is set to become Mississippi’s next senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, notching a major victory for his party in the ruby red state. “While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters,” she said in a video posted to…
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Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith
Scott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction.
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Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
The southern US state of Mississippi has elected its first Black senator in more than 140 years. Democrat Scott Colom has won the seat in a historic upset, according to projections.
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Democrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the country
Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
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