Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom to Senate in massive upset
Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney, ousted Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's 2026 Senate race, a state Donald Trump carried by 23 points in 2024, after late national spending followed an October surge of excitement for his campaign, which attacked Hyde-Smith as out of touch on grocery and gas prices. Politico says the win will make Colom Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction and its first Democrat in the Senate in 44 years, and calls it a boost for Democrats' standing with Black voters and in the South.
