Democrat Colom becomes Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction era

Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s US Senate election, according to media projections. The 43-year-old district attorney will become the state’s first Black senator since the Reconstruction era and its first Democratic senator since 1982. The race was extremely close, with Colom leading by just a few dozen votes at times before building an advantage of more than 4,500 votes. His campaign focused on rising living costs, while Hyde-Smith acknowledged the result and congratulated him.

Source: CGTN