Scott Colom Wins Mississippi US Senate Race, Will Be State's First Black Senator in 146 Years
The Mississippi Free Press reports that Democrat Scott Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, unseated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith with just over 49% of the vote, becoming the first Black Mississippian to serve in the U.S. Senate since 1881 and the first ever elected by the people. The story traces his path from blocking of a federal judgeship nomination to viral ads mocking Hyde-Smith, situates the win in a national Democratic sweep amid backlash to President Trump, and recounts Mississippi's Reconstruction-era Black senators Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce.
