Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, ousting Hyde-Smith
Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by about 4,600 votes out of roughly 962,000 counted, after eight days of ballot counting. He will be the state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction and its first Democratic senator elected since 1982; results stay unofficial until counties certify on 13 November.
Kabeer Ahmad8 min read