Colom urges Democrats to invest more in Mississippi after Senate win

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NewsNation reports that senator-elect Scott Colom, who upset Mississippi Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the 2026 midterms and will be the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction, urged Democrats to stop the lack of investment in Mississippi and to deliver for the rural South. His win came alongside Democratic Senate victories in seven other states.

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