Scott Colom Wins Mississippi Senate Seat
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith congratulated her Democratic challenger Scott Colom after CNN projected she would lose reelection in the deep-red Mississippi.
“While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters,” she said in a video shared to X. “I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state.”
Colom is the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.
“While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters,” she said in a video shared to X. “I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state.”
Colom is the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.
