Scott Colom wins the election for the Mississippi Senate seat.
Democrat Scott Colom won the Mississippi Senate election, defeating Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by more than 4,400 votes. Colom secured 473,336 votes, representing 49.2 percent of the total. His victory marks the first time a Democrat has won a Senate seat in the state since 1982.
- Colom is the first African American elected senator in the state in one and a half centuries.
- Mississippi largely supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
- The last time Mississippi elected a Democratic senator was in 1947.
- The Democratic party now has a majority of 55 seats in the Senate.
- Colom's campaign focused on reducing the cost of living, increasing wages, and protecting healthcare in Mississippi.
- Chuck Schumer congratulated Colom on the victory.
- The Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections.
- Colom leads with 4,645 votes after counting 99 percent of the ballots.
- The state of Mississippi has approximately 37 percent of its population that is Black.
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