Democrat Scott Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat in a historic upset

First reported by NBC News at Wed 4:59 PM · 19 outlets in all

1. MS NOW1hHow Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate raceA changed electorate, a sliver of Trump voters and backlash against the president helped a Democrat win a state Trump carried by 23 points.
2. CNN2hDemocrat Scott Colom will win Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi | CNN Politics
3. NPR3hDemocrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the countryMississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
4. Financial Times(subscription required)3hScott Colom wins historic Senate race in MississippiDemocrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era
5. The Hill3hMississippi Senate stunner: Cindy Hyde-Smith concedes to Democrat Scott ColomDemocrat Scott Colom is set to become Mississippi’s next senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, notching a major victory for his party in the ruby red state. “While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters,” she said in a video posted to…
6. Yahoo News3hDemocrat Scott Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat in a historic upset
7. AP3hWhy AP called the Mississippi Senate race for Scott Colom
8. Washington Examiner3hScott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in historic upsetDemocrat Scott Colom unseated Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in one of the biggest upsets in the 2026 midterm elections. Colom led with 49.2% when the Associated Press called the race at 5:58 p.m. EST. Hyde-Smith came in behind the Mississippi Democrat at 48.7%. President Donald Trump won the state in 2024 with 60.9% of the
9. Guardian3hDemocrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in stunning Mississippi Senate winColom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states.Colom opened up a narrow lead over Hyde-Smith late on election night. His lead widened as election officials counted absentee and provisional ballots. The Associated Press called the contest on Wednesday, after it was clear…
10. BBC3hDemocrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate raceColom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.
11. ABC News3hDemocrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seatDemocrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
12. Al Jazeera3hDemocrat Scott Colom wins closely watched US Senate race in MississippiThe historic victory flips an eighth US Senate seat for Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.
13. Washington Post(subscription required)3hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Senate race in MississippiHe’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction.
14. CBS News3hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in upsetDemocrat Scott Colom defeated GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, delivering Democrats an eighth flipped Senate seat after the dramatic race had been up in the air for days.
15. PBS NewsHour3hScott Colom wins Senate election in MississippiDemocratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
16. Politico3hMississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom to Senate in massive upsetColom's win is a boost to the Democratic Party as it seeks to gain a larger foothold in the South.
17. Axios3hScott Colom ousts Cindy Hyde-Smith in historic Mississippi Senate flip
18. New York Times(subscription required)3hIn Major Upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate SeatScott Colom, a Democrat and prosecutor, is the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
19. NBC News3hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, breaking GOP’s grip on the stateColom pulled off an upset over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Mississippi since 1982.