Why Democrat Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi Senate race is so significant
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Summary
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race by a few thousand votes. Colom is the first Black person from Mississippi elected to the U.S. Senate in more than 140 years.Key Facts
- Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate race.
- Colom is a Democrat.
- He defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
- The margin was a few thousand votes.
- Officials took more than a week to count the votes.
- Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video posted on X on Wednesday evening.
- Colom’s victory marks the first time in more than 140 years that a Black person from Mississippi has been elected to the U.S. Senate.
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