Democrat Scott Colom's lead grows in Mississippi Senate race with certification days away

First reported by Yahoo News at Tue 4:22 PM · 16 outlets in all

1. MS NOW3hHow 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.
2. NPR5hDemocrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the countryMississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
3. Financial Times(subscription required)5hScott Colom wins historic Senate race in MississippiDemocrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era
4. AP5hWhy AP called the Mississippi Senate race for Scott Colom
5. Washington Examiner5hScott 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
6. BBC5hDemocrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate raceColom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.
7. The Hill5hColom builds on slim lead in Mississippi, as AP calls for DemocratDemocrat Scott Colom has built on his lead in the closely watched Mississippi Senate race, now ahead of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by nearly 4,500 votes, or about half a percentage point. The latest batch of votes came as heavily Democratic Hinds County wraps up counting its absentee and affidavit ballots. The county, which includes…
8. ABC News5hDemocrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seatDemocrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
9. Al Jazeera5hDemocrat 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.
10. Washington Post(subscription required)5hDemocrat Scott Colom wins Senate race in MississippiHe’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction.
11. CBS News5hDemocrat 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.
12. PBS NewsHour5hScott 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.
13. Politico5hMississippi 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.
14. New York Times(subscription required)5hIn Major Upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate SeatScott Colom, a Democrat and prosecutor, is the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
15. CNN6hCNN projects Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race
16. Yahoo News30hDemocrat Scott Colom's lead grows in Mississippi Senate race with certification days away