APTOPIX Election 2026 Mississippi Senate
Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom talks on the phone with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.
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Mississippi has elected its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction and delivered Democrats a major upset in a rocky midterm election for the GOP. Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Deep South state that has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations. The Associated Press called the contest Wednesday evening. Hyde-Smith posted a concession video on social media. National and Mississippi Democrats are celebrating the win as a seismic shift in the state and region. Colom capitalized on the state’s large Black population, discontent with the economy in Donald Trump’s second presidency and Hyde-Smith’s mistakes.
