# First Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2106147 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 16 outlets covering · First listed: Guardian, Nov 12, 2026, 7:38 AM · Read it: ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 5:01 PM: [Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom to Senate in massive upset]() — Politico (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left) Colom's win is a boost to the Democratic Party as it seeks to gain a larger foothold in the South. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:01 PM: [Scott Colom wins Senate election in Mississippi]() — PBS NewsHour (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left) Democratic 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:04 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in upset]() — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) Democrat 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:04 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins Senate race in Mississippi]() — Washington Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) He’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:04 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race]() — NPR (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left) Democrat 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:05 PM: [Democrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat]() — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) Democrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:11 PM: [Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in historic upset]() — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States, rated Lean right) Democrat 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 - Nov 11, 2026, 5:17 PM: [Why AP called the Mississippi Senate race for Scott Colom]() — AP (Wire service, United States, rated Center) - Nov 11, 2026, 5:31 PM: [Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith]() — CNBC (Business & finance, United States, rated Center) Scott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:31 PM: [Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi]() — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center) Democrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era - Nov 11, 2026, 7:32 PM: [How Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate race]() — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left) A changed electorate, a sliver of Trump voters and backlash against the president helped a Democrat win a state Trump carried by 23 points. - Nov 12, 2026, 4:19 AM: [In Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate Win]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) At 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. - Nov 12, 2026, 5:18 AM: [Scott Colom supporters celebrate after Mississippi Senate win]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 12, 2026, 5:31 AM: [Who is Scott Colom, Mississippi’s first Black senator in 150 years?]() — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar, rated Lean left) Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s. - Nov 12, 2026, 7:38 AM: [First Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left) - Nov 12, 2026, 9:14 AM: [Scott Colom Is Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 Years]() — The Atlantic (Magazine, United States, rated Lean left) Blanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom.