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Democrat Scott Colom has won a hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, breaking Republicans’ dominance of statewide offices, ousting one of the state’s sitting senators for the first time since the 1940s and becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.
Colom, a district attorney in north Mississippi, defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and independent Ty Pinkins. Colom on Wednesday secured a come-from-behind triumph that has stunned pollsters, pundits and forecasters across the nation. Hyde-Smith has held the Senate seat since 2018. Mississippi has elected only Republican senators for the last 40 years.
The Democratic victory is an extraordinary upset in a state that President Donald Trump won by 23 points two years ago, and where Republicans have long maintained a stranglehold on state government and every statewide elected office.
RESULTS: Mississippi 2026 midterm election results
Democratic leaders see Colom’s victory as a stinging rebuke of the Republican Party’s agenda under Trump, who visited the state in the election’s closing days and pleaded with voters to send Hyde-Smith back to the Senate to help advance his agenda.
The Associated Press called the race with 99% of precincts reporting. Colom led 49.2% to Hyde-Smith’s 48.7%. He led Wednesday night by 4,645 votes.
Colom will now be the 55th Democratic senator to join the chamber, with Alaska’s Senate election still too close to call.
The AP called the race for Colom based on uncertified results, and the campaigns have said legal challenges are possible.
Colom’s long-awaited win caps more than a week of the nation waiting on Mississippi’s county election officials processing by hand thousands of affidavit ballots to determine the winner.
U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks about his Senate race against U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith during a visit to Marshall’s Music and Bookstore in Jackson on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayElection Commissioner Madison Hill processes affidavit ballots at the Rankin County Election Commission in Brandon on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, as the U.S. Senate race between Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith remained uncalled. Credit: AP Photo/Ellen SchmidtDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks to his supporters during his election watch party at the Ice House in Jackson on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom takes photos with his supporters during his election watch party at the Ice House in Jackson on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodaySupporters gather at Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom’s election watch party at the Ice House in Jackson on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayFormer President Bill Clinton speaks to a crowd of Scott Colom supporters in Tupelo on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi TodayFormer U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg campaigns for Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Biloxi. Credit: Michael Guidry/Mississippi TodayRachel Ciraldo of Hattiesburg (right) and Evelyn Champagne of Biloxi hold up signs outside a rally for Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom in Biloxi on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, speaks at a news conference with Scott Colom, Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, outside the Coast Transit Authority in Gulfport on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.A supporter carries a sign at the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom’s rally in Columbus, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (Mississippi Today Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks at his rally in Columbus, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (Mississippi Today Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks during a rally alongside Scott Colom, Mississippi’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, at Colom’s campaign headquarters in Jackson on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodaySupporters carry signs in support of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom in Columbus, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (Mississippi Today Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Supporters gather for a rally for Scott Colom, Mississippi’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, at his campaign headquarters in Jackson on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayDemocratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom attends the ACLU of Mississippi’s voting rights rally at the Supreme Court lawn in Jackson on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom speaks with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., before a campaign event at the Capital Club in Jackson on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Sarah WarnockFrom left, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom, Mississippi NAACP State Conference Executive Director Charles Taylor and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., conduct a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Sarah WarnockSen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, is scheduled to campaign for Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom in Jackson. Credit: Special to Mississippi TodayScott Colom, center, Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, speaks on the devastating impact the closing of hospitals in the Delta is having on surrounding communities during a press conference near the Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Greenwood. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayColom, 43, will be the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since John Stennis in 1982. He is also the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since Reconstruction, when the state Legislature elected Hiram Revels in 1870 and Blanche Bruce in 1875. He is also the first Black person elected to any type of statewide office since Reconstruction.
When asked about possibly becoming the first Black man in more than a century to win a U.S. Senate race in the state, Colom said he only wants to make sure he won’t “be the last.”
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks during President Donald Trump’s rally at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today“I don’t want anybody to say that I did anything to hurt the next person that has the talent, the work ethic, the ability to be able to reach for their dreams,” Colom said. “That’s my focus.”
Most forecasters rated the Mississippi Senate race as safe Republican. But on the issues defining the midterms, voters left little doubt the elections would be a referendum on soaring consumer prices exacerbated by tariffs and the president’s unpopular war in Iran.
A crowd watches as the Hinds County Election Commission finalizes the vote tally for Mississippi’s midterm election between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith.Colom believed his strategy of tying Hyde-Smith to the high cost of gasoline and consumer prices would be enough to pierce the Republicans’ dominance in the Magnolia State. He began to pick up steam rapidly in the campaign’s closing weeks, receiving endorsements and resources from national Democrats.
In a joint statement, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Colom’s victory was historic and vowed to work with him “to fight for Mississippians’ health care, costs, and future in the 120th Congress.”
“Scott is a seventh-generation Mississippian, proud husband and father of two, and District Attorney who has dedicated his life to keeping communities safe,” Schumer and Gillibrand said. “He has never stopped fighting for his neighbors, because Mississippi Matters – and he’ll continue to be a champion for Mississippi in Washington.”
For many pioneering Black officials in Mississippi, Colom’s victory is the culmination of decades of organizing, campaigning and civil rights activism. It’s a moment that many never thought they would see in their lifetimes.
Mike Espy, the first Black person to represent Mississippi in the U.S. House since Reconstruction and the first Black person to become U.S. agriculture secretary, unsuccessfully ran against Hyde-Smith twice.
The former cabinet secretary served as an advisor to Colom, handed over his donor and voter lists to the campaign and hoped his losses “paved the road” for the soon-to-be senator, he told Mississippi Today in an interview.
“There is a time and place for everything,” Espy said. “This is Scott Colom’s time, and his place is in the U.S. Senate. I’m so pleased with the way he ran his campaign, and I was happy to support him.”
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