Scott Colom Wins U.S. Senate Seat in Mississippi

“Scott Colom will defeat GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades,” CNN reports.

Colom, 43, also will become the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. His win in a Republican stronghold underscores the grim environment the GOP faced in the midterms, as voters grappled with a war overseas and high prices at home, and further expands Democrats’ incoming Senate majority.”