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Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race
Colom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.
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Colom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.
Mr. Colom, a prosecutor, will be the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
Democrat Scott Colom will win his Senate race in Mississippi, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, CBS News projects. CBS News' Mark Strassman has more.
Democrat Scott Colom will win the election for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, The Associated Press projects.
Democrat Scott Colom is projected to win the hotly contested Mississippi Senate seat, a significant upset for Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith. With Colom's win, Democrats will have a 55-seat majority in the Senate.
The historic victory delivers an eighth US Senate seat to Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.
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.
Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen.