PBS · 12 Nov 2026
How Scott Colom won his longshot bid to flip Mississippi's Senate seat
In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom won his longshot bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom’s victory is a stunning reversal in the deeply conservative state that hasn’t been represented by a Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Liz Landers reports. Geoff Bennett: We turn now to Mississippi where Democrat Scott Colom won his long-shot bid to oust incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the race for U.S. Senate.
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