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Democrat pulls off upset to become Mississippi’s first black US senator since 1874

Democrat pulls off upset to become Mississippi’s first black US senator since 1874

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia, The Hill, and New York Times Homepage are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Mississippi, United States. The first report grouped here was at 10 Nov 2026, 20:35 UTC. 7 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Democrat pulls off upset to become Mississippi’s first black US senator since 1874”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.

What we know

Democratic challenger Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi election for the US Senate, media projected on Wednesday, making him the Southern state’s first black senator since the Reconstruction era that followed the US Civil War. The result was a stunning upset in the heavily Republican state…

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    Democrat pulls off upset to become Mississippi’s first black US senator since 1874

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