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PBS NewsHour reports that Scott Colom's victory in Mississippi marks a political milestone in a state central to the struggle for civil rights and voting rights. In an interview with Geoff Bennett, Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, describes the win as a "new moment" for Black voters.
Scott Colom celebrated a victory at a party attended by about a thousand people on the Woodworth Chapel Lawn at Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, where he walked out to T.I.'s "Let 'Em Know." The Guardian US, the only outlet reporting, described the event as a "historic night" in Mississippi.
Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, according to projections by The Associated Press and CBS News, making him the state's first Black senator since the 19th century and, per NBC News, its first Democratic senator in nearly 45 years. Outlets give differing figures for the gap since Mississippi's last Black senator, with ABC citing more than 100 years,
Democrat Scott Colom, a prosecutor, defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot count, according to race calls by the Associated Press and CNN, flipping an eighth Senate seat for Democrats in the 2026 midterms. Colom becomes the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction, and Newsweek reports he is the state's first Democratic Senate winner since 1982.
Democrat Scott Colom extended his narrow lead over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race by more than 3,000 votes, according to The Hill, as the state reached its deadlines for resolving provisional ballots and receiving mail-in absentee ballots. The Hill reports the development came in the week after Democrats won widely in the midterm elections.
