# Democrat Scott Colom wins in Mississippi to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2164393 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 19 outlets covering · First listed: Fast Company, Nov 12, 2026, 8:29 AM · Read it: ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 4:59 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, breaking GOP’s grip on the state]() — NBC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) Colom pulled off an upset over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Mississippi since 1982. - 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, 5:05 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, 5:16 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom elected as Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction]() — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) Mississippi has elected its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction and delivered Democrats a major upset in a rocky midterm election for the GOP. - 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 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, 6:33 PM: [Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) Mr. Revels took his seat two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the union after the Civil War. Mr. Bruce served just before white leaders ushered in the Jim Crow era. - Nov 11, 2026, 7:49 PM: [Scott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982]() — Time (Magazine, United States, rated Lean left) Colom defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982. - Nov 12, 2026, 4:00 AM: [How Scott Colom defied the odds to go from DA to Mississippi's Democratic U.S. Senator]() — NPR (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left) In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics. - 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, 8:12 AM: [Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi]() — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center) The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874. - Nov 12, 2026, 8:29 AM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins in Mississippi to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction]() — Fast Company (Magazine, United States) - 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. - Nov 12, 2026, 11:45 AM: [Black voters in Mississippi celebrate Colom’s win]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 12, 2026, 12:56 PM: [Even the state of Mississippi]() — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left)