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Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
Democrat Scott Colom won Mississippi's Senate race, beating Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith by fewer than 5,000 votes. He will be the state's first Black senator since the 1800s. No Democrat has held the seat since 1982. Trump won the state by 22 points two years ago.
Why it matters
The result helped give Democrats control of the Senate.
Background
Mississippi has long been a Republican stronghold.
The story so far
- Trump cancels weekend rallies as midterms near
- Pope votes and Trump campaigns before US midterms
- US midterms near; more than 50 million have voted early
- US midterm elections open Tuesday as Trump ends campaign
- US midterm results begin; Democrats favored to win House
- Democrats win control of both houses of US Congress
- Democrats win both House and Senate in US midterms
- Democrats take both houses; Republicans argue over blame
- Jim Jordan elected House Republican leader
- Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
- Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
- Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
Sources
- BBC News ↗Nov 12, 7:56 AM ET
- Al Jazeera ↗Nov 12, 10:21 PM ET
- Euronews ↗Nov 12, 3:42 AM ET
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