Why Democrat Scott Colom’s Senate win in Mississippi is so significant
- Published11 November 2026
Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi, delivering a shock victory for the party in a deeply conservative state that has elected Republicans for decades.
Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.
Fewer than five thousand votes out of nearly a million counted separated him from his Republican opponent, the incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
