Democrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat
Democrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
Democrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat
Democrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects. Grouped from 11 articles across 9 sources.
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Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
The southern US state of Mississippi has elected its first Black senator in more than 140 years. Democrat Scott Colom has won the seat in a historic upset, according to projections.
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat in historic upset
His margin of fewer than 5,000 votes caps a midterm wave that has handed Democrats control of both chambers of Congress.
Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi
Democrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era
Democrat Scott Colom wins closely watched US Senate race in Mississippi
The historic victory flips an eighth US Senate seat for Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.
Mississippi Senate race: Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith
The southern US state of Mississippi has elected its first Black senator in more than 140 years. Democrat Scott Colom has won the seat in a historic upset, according to projections.
Democrat Colom defeats incumbent Republican in Mississippi Senate race
Narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations
Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 - Democratic challenger Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi election for the US Senate, media projected on Wednesday, making him the Southern state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era that followed the US Civil War.
Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith
Scott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction.
Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in stunning Mississippi Senate win
Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states. “All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this,” Colom told a crowd of hundreds who on Wednesday had gathered at Tougaloo College for his victory party. “I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I had the courage to understand that we can show the country that Mississippi matters.” Continue reading...
Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom lead over Hyde-Smith pops to more than 4,400 votes
Tuesday was the deadline for provisional ballots to be resolved in Mississippi, and the deadline for the receipt of mail-in absentee ballots.
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