Democrat Scott Colom was declared the winner of the U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, defeating incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday.
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Democrat Scott Colom was declared the winner Wednesday in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate election, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Colom will become Mississippi’s first Black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
The win also represents an unexpected boost for Democrats as they work to take control of the Senate.
Hyde-Smith, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, was seeking a second full term after being first appointed to fill a vacancy and then winning a 2018 special election.
Colom’s campaign emphasized taking advantage of a difficult national environment for Republicans and the fact that Mississippi has a larger share of Black voters than any other state.
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