Democrat Scott Colom won a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, becoming the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction.

The Guardian, NBC News, Toronto Star + 9 more · United States

11 Nov 202622 outlets

What it means

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi. This makes him the first Black senator elected from the state since the end of in the 1870s, and the first Democrat to win a Mississippi Senate seat since 1982. The victory represents a significant political upset in a , flipping a seat that had been held by Republicans for years.

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The claim is solid, reported by multiple major news outlets (AP, Reuters, NBC News) based on official race calls following the November 2026 election. The reporting sits close to the primary source (state election results and network projections), and the historic framing is consistently verified across all credible sources.

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This is genuinely new coverage of the 2026 midterm election results, published on November 11, 2026, the day after the election.

Democrat Scott Colom won a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, becoming the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction.

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