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Colom won Mississippi.

The AP called it Wednesday: Scott Colom led Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by 4,669 votes. Colom is the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.

The Rocket News · Washington Bureau · JacksonNovember 12, 2026 · 3 min read

Colom led by 4,669 votes out of 962,237.

JACKSON — Scott Colom won Mississippi. The Associated Press called the Senate race on Wednesday, after Jackson County added 2,173 votes. Colom, a Democrat, led Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by 4,669 votes out of 962,237 counted, 0.5 of a percentage point. Colom is the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.

Colom, in Jackson: “All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this. I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I had the courage to understand that we can show the country that Mississippi matters.”

I had the courage to believe in Mississippi.

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