Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, breaking the GOP’s grip on the state
An NBC News article reports that, in a major upset, Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, becoming the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction and the eighth Democrat to flip a Republican-held seat in the 2026 midterms. Hyde-Smith, who conceded, said she respected voters' decision, while Colom said Mississippi was "never a lost cause" but a "betrayed cause."
