Yay! #Democrat #ScottColom will win US #Senate seat in deep-red #Mississippi, CNN projects

Scott Colom will defeat #GOP Sen #CindyHydeSmith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades.

Colom, 43, also will become the first #Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

#USpol #midterms #BlueWave
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