Scott Colom says tight Mississippi Senate race is almost over

First reported by CNN at Tue 5:57 PM · 20 outlets in all

1. NPR19mColom wins Mississippi Senate race. And, White House warns Dems over future probesAfter more than a week of counting ballots, Scott Colom has narrowly won the Mississippi Senate seat. And, the White House has sent a letter warning Democrats who plan to investigate the administration.
2. New York Times(subscription required)2hIn Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate WinAt Tougaloo College, supporters danced and wept and over Scott Colom’s victory. He will be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era.
3. Time10hScott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982Colom defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982.
4. MS NOW11hHow 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.
5. Financial Times(subscription required)13hScott Colom wins historic Senate race in MississippiDemocrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era
6. CNBC13hScott 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.
7. The Hill13hMississippi 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…
8. Yahoo News13h'I kept the faith:' Democrat Scott Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat in historic upset
9. AP13hWhy AP called the Mississippi Senate race for Scott Colom
10. Washington Examiner13hScott 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. Guardian13hDemocrat 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.“All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this,” Colom told a crowd of hundreds who on Wednesday had gathered at Tougaloo College for his victory party. “I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I had the…
12. ABC News13hDemocrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seatDemocrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
13. Al Jazeera13hDemocrat 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.
14. Washington Post(subscription required)13hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Senate race in MississippiHe’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction.
15. CBS News13hDemocrat 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.
16. PBS NewsHour13hScott 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.
17. Politico13hMississippi 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.
18. Axios13hScott Colom ousts Cindy Hyde-Smith in historic Mississippi Senate flip
19. NBC News13hDemocrat 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.
20. CNN36hScott Colom says tight Mississippi Senate race is almost over