{"id":15578,"date":"2026-11-11T23:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15578"},"modified":"2026-11-11T23:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:58:24","slug":"democrat-scott-colom-wins-closely-watched-us-senate-race-in-mississippi-us-midterm-elections-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15578","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Scott Colom wins closely watched US Senate race in Mississippi | US Midterm Elections 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The historic victory flips an eighth US Senate seat for Democrats after last week\u2019s pivotal midterm election.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi\u2019s closely watched United States Senate race, giving his party a historic victory in a Republican stronghold that has eluded them for decades.<\/p>\n

Colom, a prosecutor, will become the state\u2019s first Black senator in more than 140 years. On Wednesday, he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in one of the US midterms\u2019 biggest upsets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The win builds on Democrats\u2019 success after the party delivered an electoral drubbing to the rival Republicans in the November 3 midterm elections.<\/p>\n

The left-leaning party flipped at least eight US Senate seats that are currently held by Republicans. A US Senate race in Alaska remains undecided.<\/p>\n

For more than a week, the Mississippi contest was too close to call<\/a> as election officials worked to count more than 100,000 mail-in ballots. Thousands of other residents who could not confirm their registration at voting sites cast provisional ballots that required confirmation of their eligibility.<\/p>\n

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US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith appears with President Donald Trump at a 2018 rally in Biloxi, Mississippi [File: Rogelio V Solis\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colom and Hyde-Smith took markedly different approaches as remaining ballots were counted.<\/p>\n

Hyde-Smith was not seen publicly until she returned to Washington this week for the reconvening of the Senate.<\/p>\n

Through a statement, however, Hyde-Smith and her team had expressed confidence that she would win after \u201cevery legally cast vote is fully and accurately counted\u201d.<\/p>\n

Colom, by contrast, has maintained a more public profile since the November 3 midterms. After the election, Colom held a series of events where he castigated his opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, at some point, the senator needs to speak out. Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?\u201d Colom told reporters on Friday in Jackson, Mississippi. \u201cWe want to hear from her. She needs to answer questions. What is her path to victory? She doesn\u2019t have one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US Senate race also was not the first time the two had crossed political paths.<\/p>\n

Hyde-Smith, citing concerns about Colom\u2019s position on transgender athletes, had previously blocked him from serving as a federal judge in 2023 after he was nominated by former US President Joe Biden. The position had required Senate approval.<\/p>\n

Colom\u2019s win upturns political expectations for Mississippi, a state that US President Donald Trump won by just over 22 points in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

The last time a Democrat won a US Senate race in Mississippi was in 1982, when John Stennis claimed victory over Republican challenger Haley Barbour, who later became governor of the state.<\/p>\n

Colom, who has been a proponent of raising the minimum wage, increasing protections for rural hospitals and ending the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>, will be sworn in next January.<\/p>\n

The 120th Congress will include a record number of Black senators, with seven in total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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