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Source: Associated Press
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Last updated: November 11, 2026 10:43 PM EST
Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race after a week of ballot counting. Hyde-Smith conceded on Wednesday evening. Colom will be the first Black U.S. senator elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win a Senate race in the state since 1982. Watch his victory remarks live from Mississippi, carried by the Associated Press.