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Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, with Hyde-Smith conceding the race on Wednesday, according to The Hill. Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982 and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction, according to CNBC and the Financial Times.
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