Mississippi Senate race: Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Democratic candidate Scott Colom beat Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's US Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, the Associated Press projected on Wednesday . The narrow victory makes Colom, 43, the state's first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction and the first Democratic senator chosen by Mississippi since 1947. During the campaign, Colom promised to represent all of Mississippi, a state where racial divisions have long defined its politics and society. "It's got to be about having a party that represents rural America again, suburban America, urban America — a party that makes sure we actually deliver for voters in ways that make their lives better," he said.