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The Numbers Behind Scott Colom’s Stunning Upset in the Mississippi Senate Race
To win a Senate seat in a highly polarized, deeply Republican state, Scott Colom needed a perfect storm. He got it.
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To win a Senate seat in a highly polarized, deeply Republican state, Scott Colom needed a perfect storm. He got it.
President Donald Trump on Thursday heaped praise on Mississippi's Sen.-elect Scott Colom
Few were paying much attention to Scott Colom for most of his campaign. Then he toppled the Republican incumbent.
In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom won his longshot bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom's victory is a stunning reversal in the deeply conservative state that hasn't been represented by a Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Liz Landers…
Colom becomes the first Black person elected to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.
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Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) pulled off one of the most unexpected victories of the 2026 midterm elections, unseating Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and ending more than four decades of Democratic losses in the state’s Senate races. Colom, a district attorney who had been largely overlooked by…
After more than a week of counting ballots, Scott Colom has narrowly won the Mississippi Senate seat. And, the White House has sent a letter warning Democrats who plan to investigate the administration.
Democrat Scott Colom beat Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.2% to 48.7% in Mississippi, according to the vote count of 11 November 2026. The post Democrat Flips Mississippi Senate Seat appeared first on The Rio Times .
The last Black man to represent Mississippi in the Senate was born into slavery and left office in 1881. The post In major upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, wins Mississippi Senate seat appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .