Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming
Summary
Democrat Scott Colom won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat, ending more than 40 years of Democratic defeats in the race. His victory also makes him the first Black politician to hold the seat since 1881.Key Facts
- Colom’s win was announced more than a week after Election Day.
- The Republican incumbent was Cindy Hyde-Smith.
- Colom won despite a campaign fundraising gap of about $2 million, based on the latest Federal Election Commission records cited.
- Mississippi has long been a Republican stronghold; Donald Trump won the state by more than 22 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election.
- Mississippi’s population is almost 40% Black, the largest share of any state.
- The NAACP helped mobilize voters and knocked on more than twice as many doors as it did in the previous election.
- Colom’s victory was the first Democratic win in the Senate seat in more than 40 years.
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