Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race.
The Associated Press called the race late Wednesday afternoon as the counting of absentee and provisional ballots extended Colom’s lead to nearly 5,000 votes.
President Donald Trump won Mississippi by more than 22 points back in 2024. But a surge in Black voters and a nationwide blue wave flipped the state.
When Colom takes office in January, he will be the first Democrat to represent Mississippi in the Senate in more than 35 years and the first Black person elected statewide since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
Democrats will now hold at least 55 seats in the Senate next year, with Alaska’s race still not yet called.
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