Scott Colom on Cusp of Historic Senate Upset in Deep-Red Mississippi, Fueled by Surge of Black Turnout | Common Dreams
Common Dreams reports that Democrat Scott Colom led Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,864 votes with over 95% of ballots counted in Mississippi's Senate race, a contest few analysts expected to be competitive, and that late-arriving mail-in ballots may decide it. A surge of Black turnout—described as historic by the NAACP—fuelled the race, and a win would make Colom the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction and first Democrat elected since 1982.
