Summary
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely watched U.S. Senate race. The result gives Democrats a Senate seat in a state where no Democrat had won a Senate race since 1982, and Colom is set to take office in January.Key Facts
- Colom is a prosecutor and will become Mississippi’s first Black senator in more than 140 years.
- The race remained too close to call for more than a week as officials counted more than 100,000 mail-in ballots and reviewed provisional ballots.
- Hyde-Smith said she was confident she would win once officials counted all legally cast votes.
- Colom criticized Hyde-Smith during public events after the November 3 midterm elections.
- Hyde-Smith blocked Colom’s 2023 nomination to serve as a federal judge.
- Colom has supported raising the minimum wage and increasing protections for rural hospitals.
- The article says Colom will be sworn in next January.
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