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Scott Colom, a Democrat, wins Mississippi Senate seat in historic upset
By EMILY COCHRANEThe last Black man to represent Mississippi in the Senate was born into slavery and left office in 1881.Nearly a century and a half later, Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., according to The Associated Press, delivering a remarkable upset on Wednesday Read More
NAACP official on Mississippi electing Scott Colom as its first Black senator since the 1800s
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. Charles Taylor, executive director of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, joins CBS News to discuss the significance of Colom's Read More
Looking back at Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Senate career
Before her appointment, Cindy Hyde-Smith served as Mississippi agriculture commissioner from 2012 through 2018. She was the first woman to hold that statewide office. Read More
‘I respect the decision’: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith concedes defeat to Scott Colom
Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded defeat to Democrat Scott Colom Wednesday following a close race for the Senate seat. Read More
Democrat Scott Colom Wins Mississippi Senate Seat Defeating Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a stunning loss for Republicans in Mississippi. Read More
All Mississippi Senate ballots are in. Now the count enters the final phase.
Democrat Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by more than 3,000 votes as of Wednesday. Read More
Colom extends slim lead over Hyde-Smith in Mississippi Senate race
Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom (D) extended his slim lead by more than 3,000 votes over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) ahead of two crucial ballot deadlines in the week after Democrats saw sweeping victories in the midterm elections. The Hill’s election partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) fou Read More
Ballot Deadlines Pass in Mississippi Senate Race After Considerable Struggles
The tight race between Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom, has highlighted the difficulties that stringent elections laws present to voters. Read More
Cindy Hyde-Smith comments on tight Senate race against Scott Colom
On Tuesday, Cindy Hyde-Smith was asked about the historically close Mississippi Senate race against Scott Colom by reporters. Read More
Hyde-Smith ‘feeling very optimistic’ despite trailing in Mississippi vote count
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is “feeling very optimistic” about her reelection odds despite her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom, narrowly leading her in the Senate race with over 95 percent of the vote counted as of Tuesday. “We got a few thousand out so we’re feeling very optimistic,” t Read More
Mississippi’s GOP just got blindsided by an unmistakable message from its own fed-up base
For closing in on a decade, all a Mississippi Republican candidate needed was an endorsement from Donald Trump and to run 'round parroting the red-meat social phobias he peddled.No need to propose any real policy. No need to push back against anything Trump did or didn’t do – even if it hurt Missis. Read More
Colom calls out election raters for writing off his Mississippi Senate campaign
Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom (D) blasted prominent election forecasters for underestimating his chances of defeating Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in their election ratings, arguing that the grim predictions made it harder for Democrats to raise money and compete in the South. Colom, a Black Read More
‘Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?’: In a nail-biter Senate race, the incumbent stays out of view in Mississippi
By Annie Grayer, CNN Brookhaven, Mississippi (CNN) — As the Mississippi Senate race still remains too close to call, Democrat Scott Colom and GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith have taken completely different approaches towards the public. Since Election Day, Colom has held at least eight events and capitali Read More
Veteran GOP strategist gets savage reminder after saying voters 'believed' GOP failed
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a blunt postmortem on Republicans’ midterm wipeout Sunday, and critics were quick to dig up his own pre-election predictions.“We got beaten badly,” Gingrich said on Fox News. “We got beaten because the American people believed we had failed.”Gingrich also p Read More
Top GOP strategist sounds alarm over 'most impressive' Dem who could win in 2028
A prominent Republican strategist is warning his party not to underestimate Scott Colom, the Mississippi Democrat on the verge of one of the biggest upsets of the midterms.“Absolutely! No one should underestimate soon-to-be Senator-elect Colom,” Shermichael Singleton wrote on social media on Saturda Read More
MAGA senator’s comeback now a ‘mathematical impossibility’: legal expert
An election lawyer fresh from a deep-red state's ballot count says one embattled MAGA senator has hit a dead end.Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics czar who served as counsel to House Democrats during President Donald Trump's first impeachment, told progressive commentator Brian Tyler Cohen i Read More
How Scott Colom turned his Mississippi Senate race into a nail-biter
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is fighting for her political life as Democrat Scott Colom threatens to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the midterms in a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1982. Before polls closed Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) gave Hyde-Smith a 91 p Read More
Why it's still too early to call the US Senate race in Mississippi
Nearly 2,500 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the tight race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and votes are still being counted. Read More
‘Voter apathy’ toward Hyde-Smith could be factor in Mississippi Senate race: Professor
A Mississippi political science professor said voters seemed to be “really enthusiastic” about Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom, but when it comes to his opponent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), “there was a lot of voter apathy.” “Colom’s a really high-quality candidate,” Aaron Hitefield, assistan Read More
Thousands of affidavit ballots could decide Mississippi Senate race
With fewer than 2,000 votes separating Scott Colom and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, questions and concerns are emerging about a glut of affidavit ballots. Here's why and what to know if you cast one. Read More