Scott Colom is elected as the first Black senator in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi U.S. Senate race. Colom won with 49.2 percent of the vote, while Hyde-Smith received 48.7 percent. His victory gives Democrats a 55-44 majority in the 100-member Senate.
- Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race.
- Colom would be the first African American senator from the state since the late 19th century.
- Democrats would increase their future Senate majority to 55 seats out of 100.
- The last time Mississippi chose a new Democratic senator was in 1947.
- Donald Trump won in Mississippi during the presidential election two years ago with a lead of nearly 23 percentage points over Kamala Harris.
- The Mississippi victory gives the Democrats a 55-44 advantage in the 100-member Senate.
- President Joe Biden nominated Colom to be a U.S. District Court judge in 2022.
- The state of Mississippi has a high percentage of Black residents.
- A Black Democrat will represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate for the first time in 145 years.
- Colom received 473,336 votes, which was 49.2 percent of registered ballots.
- Associated Press reported Colom's victory after local election officials processed absentee and provisional ballots.
- Colom campaigned in all 82 counties in Mississippi.
- The Democratic candidate Peltola is currently leading in the Alaska race.
- Republican Hyde-Smith finished second with 468,667 votes, representing 48.7 percent.
- Emmett Till was 14 years old when he was tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955.
- Chuck Schumer praised Scott Colom's success on X.
- Scott Colom led his opponent by 0.5 percentage point at the time of victory announcement.
- Democrats have flipped eight Senate seats to win control of the chamber.
- Mississippi is the only state that does not allow automatic recounts.
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