First Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent

First reported by CNN at Wed 4:22 PM · 16 outlets in all

1. The Atlantic(subscription required)6hScott Colom Is Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 YearsBlanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom.
2. Guardian8hFirst Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent
3. Al Jazeera10hWho is Scott Colom, Mississippi’s first Black senator in 150 years?Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s.
4. CNN10hScott Colom supporters celebrate after Mississippi Senate win
5. New York Times(subscription required)11hIn Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate WinAt Tougaloo College, supporters danced and wept over Scott Colom’s victory. He will be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era.
6. MS NOW20hHow 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.
7. Financial Times(subscription required)22hScott Colom wins historic Senate race in MississippiDemocrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era
8. CNBC22hScott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-SmithScott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction.
9. AP22hWhy AP called the Mississippi Senate race for Scott Colom
10. Washington Examiner22hScott 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
11. ABC News22hDemocrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seatDemocrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
12. NPR22hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate raceDemocrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, according to a race call by the Associated Press, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
13. Washington Post(subscription required)22hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Senate race in MississippiHe’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction.
14. CBS News22hDemocrat 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 NewsHour22hScott 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. Politico22hMississippi 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.