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Jason Lefkowitz

@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 1 hr. ago

🎉 🎉 🎉

https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/live-news/hegseth-impeachment-congress?post-id=cmwco1b9100083b6wwzg3nve1

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Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects

He will unseat GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

Updated 5:26 PM EST, Wed November 11, 2026 — Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects He will unseat GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. Updated 5:26 PM EST, Wed November 11, 2026

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The latest on the Mississippi Senate vote count

Colom will unseat GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. Follow for the latest.

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Jason Lefkowitz

@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 11 min. ago

Update: Cindy Hyde-Smith has conceded.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrat-scott-colom-wins-mississippi-senate-race-as-hyde-smith-concedes/

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Democracy Docket

Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race as Hyde-Smith concedes

Colom led by just 4,585 votes when the close race was first called.

Joyce Bell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🚫🧊

@joycebell@mas.to 48 min. ago

@jalefkowit 👏👏👏

garland

@garland@social.seattle.wa.us 49 min. ago

@jalefkowit Can Mississippi still be accurately described as “deep red” if they are electing a Democratic senator? Maybe not so “deep red” anymore. Anyway, awesome!

Pumpkin Spice Amy

@APBBlue@thepit.social 1 hr. ago

@jalefkowit Wild. I thought I was being too optimistic when I predicted a 52-seat Dem majority.

Jason Lefkowitz

@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 1 hr. ago

@APBBlue I was in the same place. Very happy to have been wrong 😀