Scott Colom Wins Historic Mississippi Senate Seat

Scott Colom Wins Historic Mississippi Senate Seat

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested United States Senate race, becoming the state’s first Black senator elected since Reconstruction. The 4,585-vote victory came after more than a week of ballot counting and gives Democrats at least 55 seats in the Senate for the next Congress.

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