Colom’s Mississippi Senate Win Marks a Democratic FirstMississippi Voters Send Colom to Senate in Historic UpsetMississippi’s Razor-Thin Senate Race Adds to Democratic Sweep
On November 11, Scott Colom was projected to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the state’s first Democrat elected to the Senate since 1982 and its first Black senator chosen by popular vote.On November 11, Scott Colom was projected to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, delivering Democrats a historic Senate victory and making him the first Black Mississippian voters elected to the Senate.On November 11, Scott Colom was projected to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by less than one percentage point, as Democrats expanded their congressional gains in the midterms.