Mississippi Election Live Updates: Democrat Scott Colom Wins Senate Seat in Historic Midterm Upset
The New York Times' live updates cover Democrat Scott Colom's narrow, week-long-count victory over Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, making him the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction and the state's first Democratic Senate winner since 1982. Bennie Thompson, Alex Padilla, Chuck Schumer, and Kirsten Gillibrand offer congratulations, and Hyde-Smith reportedly conceded.
