Scott Colom Flips Red Mississippi County Named for KKK's First Grand Wizard
Summary
Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Forrest County, Mississippi, with 97 percent of ballots counted. The statewide race remained too close to call, with Colom holding a narrow lead as officials counted outstanding ballots.Key Facts
- In Forrest County, Colom led Hyde-Smith 54 percent to 44 percent with 97 percent of ballots counted.
- Forrest County had backed Donald Trump by 18 points in 2024, according to the article.
- The Associated Press estimated that 96 percent of statewide votes had been counted, with Colom leading Hyde-Smith by 1,813 votes.
- Independent candidate Ty Pinkins had about 2 percent of the statewide vote.
- Colom said he was confident the remaining ballots would give him the seat; Hyde-Smith’s campaign said it remained confident she would win.
- Colom could become Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since Blanche K. Bruce left office in 1881.
- Forrest County is named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general who became the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.
- In a 2020 referendum, Forrest County voters rejected moving a Confederate monument by 15,706 votes to 14,908.
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