Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. https://t.co/7He7iU15yD
CNN just called it for Scott Colom!!!!! Itβs over!!!!!!! HE WON AND WILL HE A US SENATOR!!!! HE JUST FLIPPED MISSISSIPPI BLUE! Common sense prevails! The South has RISEN!!!!!!!
Scott Colom has won the U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, defeating Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, CNN projects.
He becomes the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.