Democrat Scott Colom has secured a historic victory in Mississippi’s Senate race, becoming the first black person from the state to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.
Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just a few thousand votes in an election that took more than a week to count. Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video posted on X on Wednesday evening, wishing him well in his new role.
The BBC's Brandon Drenon reports from Mississippi.
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