Edition of 2026-11-13
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race over Cindy Hyde-Smith
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- Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, according to CBS News and The Hill.
- Colom will be Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator in more than a century.
- Reports differ on when Mississippi last seated a Black senator, with 1874 and 1881 both cited.
- According to the BBC, Trump won Mississippi by 22 points two years ago.
- President Trump said Thursday that he gave Colom credit for his efforts to win over Republican voters, saying, "I don't know the gentleman, but I give him credit."
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Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, according to CBS News and The Hill.
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CBS News projects that Democrat Scott Colom will defeat Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the 1800s.
- Read the source — CBS News
President Trump reacted Thursday to Sen.-elect Scott Colom’s (D) upset victory in the Mississippi Senate race
- Read the source — The Hill
Colom will be Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator in more than a century.
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Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881.
- Read the source — Al Jazeera English
He will be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era.
- Read the source — The New York Times (U.S.)
Reports differ on when Mississippi last seated a Black senator, with 1874 and 1881 both cited.
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a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.
- Read the source — BBC News (World)
Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881.
- Read the source — Al Jazeera English
According to the BBC, Trump won Mississippi by 22 points two years ago.
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In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points
- Read the source — BBC News (World)
President Trump said Thursday that he gave Colom credit for his efforts to win over Republican voters, saying, "I don't know the gentleman, but I give him credit."
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giving credit to the Democrat for his efforts to win over Republican voters. “I don’t know the gentleman, but I give him credit,” Trump told sports commentator Stephen A. Smith
- Read the source — The Hill
Original reporting and records
- Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi's first black senator since 19th Century — BBC News (World)
- Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi — BBC News (World)
- In Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate Win — The New York Times (U.S.)
- Trump on Colom's Mississippi Senate win: 'I give him a lot of credit' — The Hill
- NAACP official on Mississippi electing Scott Colom as its first Black senator since the 1800s — CBS News
- Mississippi elects first black senator in nearly 150 years — Al Jazeera English
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