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.
“Donald, look, I know you struggled with my name. So after JD [Vance] swears me in January, you can just go on and call me Senator.”
— Abdul El-Sayed to Donald Trump after winning the midterm election
Allison Montgomery has won Alabama's State House District 25 election, flipping the seat from Republican to Democratic.
She becomes the first transgender woman to be elected to the Alabama Legislature.