Democrat Scott Colom has unseated Cindy Hyde-Smith , the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since Reconstruction.
Colom had been written off by pundits as having no chance of winning when he announced his campaign last year. But his viral campaign ads created memorable slogans, while he made efforts to engage Mississippians where they were – from driving a truck that offered free tacos, to talking to students and alums at college homecomings, to chatting with voters queued to see Donald Trump.
Colom is the first Black senator ever directly elected by the voters of Mississippi , and the first to serve since 1881. With his victory, Democrats will hold at least 55 seats in the Senate – their largest midterm gain since 1986.
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