Democrat Scott Colom to become first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after beating Cindy Hyde-Smith

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/scott-colom-mississippi-senate-race

 

Scott Colom defeats Cindy Hyde-Smith in historic Mississippi Senate upset

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bOFM7hAIk