From Emmett Till to Robert Johnson, the Delta powered Scott Colom's historic Senate bid
Summary
The Associated Press projected Democrat Scott Colom to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, making him the first Black person elected to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate since 1881. Colom built a large lead across the Mississippi Delta and improved on Democrat Mike Espy’s 2020 results, while his statewide advantage stood at about 4,700 votes when the AP called the race.Key Facts
- Colom led in 16 of the 18 counties in the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, according to an Axios analysis of AP county returns.
- Colom received about 100,000 votes in those 18 counties, compared with roughly 62,000 for Hyde-Smith.
- In 2020, Mike Espy carried 15 of the 18 counties by about 25,000 votes; Colom’s share of the two-party vote rose from about 56% to 62%.
- Statewide, Colom led Hyde-Smith by about 4,700 votes out of more than 962,000 counted when the AP projected the race.
- Colom won Coahoma County, where Clarksdale is located, by about 4,700 votes to 1,300.
- Colom led by about 4,200 votes in Leflore County and 1,300 in Tallahatchie County, both connected to the 1955 abduction and murder of Emmett Till.
- Colom won Sunflower County by about 5,300 votes to 1,700; civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer lived in the county and fought voting restrictions.
- Colom won DeSoto County by about 3,300 votes after Hyde-Smith carried it by roughly 12,100 votes in 2020.
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