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Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s closely watched United States Senate race, giving his party a rare, historic victory in a Republican stronghold that has eluded them for decades.
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that → win → decades
Colom, a prosecutor who will become the state’s first Black senator in more than 140 years, garnered a narrow victory on Wednesday over incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in one of the US midterms’ biggest upsets.
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who → become → upsets
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3What → shed → Mississippi
3Which key races remain undecided one week after the US midterms?
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races → remain → midterms
The win builds on Democrats’ success after the party delivered an electoral drubbing last Tuesday, winning at least eight US Senate seats that are currently held by Republicans.
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that → build → Republicans
A US Senate race in Alaska remains uncalled.
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race → remain → Alaska
For more than a week, the Mississippi contest has remained too close to call as election officials worked to count more than 100,000 mail-in ballots.
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officials → remain → ballots
Thousands of other residents, who could not confirm their registration at voting sites, cast provisional ballots that required confirmation of their eligibility.
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that → confirm → eligibility
Colom and Hyde-Smith took markedly different approaches as remaining ballots were counted.
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ballots → take → approaches
Hyde-Smith, who was not seen publicly until she returned to Washington this week as the Senate returned to session, had expressed confidence she would win after “every legally cast vote is fully and accurately counted”.
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vote → see → confidence
But after the election, Colom continued to hold a series of public events where he castigated his opponent.
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he → continue → opponent
“Ultimately, at some point, the senator needs to speak out.
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senator → need → point
Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?” Colom told reporters on Friday in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Colom → tell → Jackson
“We want to hear from her.
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We → want → her
She needs to answer questions.
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She → need → questions
She doesn’t have one”.
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She → have → one
The US Senate race also was not the first time the two had crossed political paths.
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two → cross → paths
Hyde-Smith, citing concerns about Colom’s position on transgender athletes, previously blocked him from serving as a federal judge in 2023 after he was nominated by former US President Joe Biden.
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he → cite → Biden
The position had required Senate approval.
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position → require → approval
Colom’s win defies political gravity in a state that US President Donald Trump won by just over 22 points in the 2024 presidential election.
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Trump → defy → election
The last Democrat to win a US Senate race in Mississippi was 1982, when John Stennis claimed victory over Republican challenger Haley Barbour, who later became governor of the state.
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who → win → state
Colom, who has been a proponent of raising the minimum wage, increasing protections for rural hospitals and ending the US war in Iran, will be sworn in next January.
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who → raise → Iran
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