Dems projected to score historic upset in deep-red Mississippi, topple Trump ally Hyde-Smith

Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate election, according to the Associated Press. Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982, and according to CNBC, Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction. Breitbart reported that Colom's victory gives Democrats their 55th seat in the Senate.

• NPR — Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race
• Fox News — Dems projected to score historic upset in deep-red Mississippi, topple Trump ally Hyde-Smith
• CNBC — Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith
• Breitbart — Democrat Scott Colom Wins Mississippi Senate Seat Defeating Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
• NYT — Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?

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