Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot count. His victory gives the state its first Black senator since Reconstruction and gives Democrats a 55-seat Senate majority, according to NBC News.
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