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Trump heaps surprise praise on Democrat Scott Colom after his historic Mississippi Senate upset
President Donald Trump on Thursday heaped praise on Mississippi's Sen.-elect Scott Colom
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President Donald Trump on Thursday heaped praise on Mississippi's Sen.-elect Scott Colom
President Donald Trump has praised Mississippi's Senator-elect Scott Colom for engaging with MAGA voters during the midterm election campaign. Trump had previously criticized Colom but acknowledged his boldness for attending a Trump rally and mingling with supporters. Colom, a local prosecutor…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday heaped praise on Mississippi's Sen.-elect Scott Colom for courting some of his hardcore MAGA supporters in the final days of the midterm election campaign, a rare example of the Republican president showing…
President Donald Trump has praised Mississippi's Senator-elect Scott Colom for engaging with MAGA voters during the midterm election campaign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday heaped praise on Mississippi’s Sen.-elect Scott Colom for courting some of his hardcore MAGA supporters in the final days of the midterm election campaign, a rare example of the Republican president showing admiration for a Democrat. When the…
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested United States Senate race, after a prolonged ballot counting process – giving the state its first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
Scott Colom has won the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi. After a very close race, he's the first Black man to represent the state in the Senate in nearly 150 years.
Scott Colom (centre) in Columbus, Mississippi, on 18 August 2025. Photograph: Christopher Dilts/ Scott Colom campaign Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s United States Senate election, becoming the first Black candidate elected to represent the…
His margin of fewer than 5,000 votes caps a midterm wave that has handed Democrats control of both chambers of Congress.