(The Center Square) - Democratic candidate Scott Colom flipped Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat, bringing the upper chamber to a 55 seat Democrat majority.
Colom flipped Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s seat in Congress with 49.2% of the vote, according to the Associated Press on Wednesday. He is the first Black person to win a statewide election in the state since 1873.
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