You can call him Senator-elect Scott Colom now…
“It’s not something that I did, y’all. It’s something that we did,” Colom said during his victory speech at Tougaloo College last night after he was declared the winner of Mississippi’s Senate race.
“All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this. I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I had the courage to understand that we can show the country that Mississippi matters.”
The Associated Press called the race for Colom around 5 pm yesterday as more votes were counted and he continued to stretch his lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. He’ll be sworn in next year as Mississippi’s first Black United States senator since Reconstruction.
Hyde-Smith conceded the race last night in a video posted on social media…
“While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters. I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state.”
Only a handful of votes separated the two candidates on election night more than a week ago, but Colom has slowly and steadily increased his lead, which the AP said yesterday was approaching 5,000 votes.
Emmett
November 12, 2026 at 8:35 AMA sad day for Mississippi.
Liv
November 12, 2026 at 10:27 AMBest day Mississippi has had in a while!
Michael
November 12, 2026 at 11:30 AMFinally some hope for Mississippi; our nation. Someone to help slowdown the madness of our current addled-minded leader since his own party will not stand up to him.
It’s time for the next chapter for our nation. A nation that can support a democracy like Ukraine while also taking care of our people at home. We are the greatest nation on earth and can do more than one thing at once. Once we have leaders not lining their pockets, leaders who are not sycophants to a narcissist that only puts his interest first, we can be that ‘Shining city on the hill’ once more.
Thank you Mississippi.
JEAN MORTON
November 12, 2026 at 3:16 PMCHANGE DOES NOT MEAN BAD. LET US SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR MISSISSIPPI