Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi. He beat Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith by fewer than 5,000 votes. Colom got 49.2% of the vote, and Hyde-Smith got 48.7%. An independent candidate got 2.1%. Hyde-Smith accepted the result and congratulated Colom.

Colom is 43 years old and works as a local lawyer for the government. He is the first Black person from Mississippi to win a US Senate seat in more than 140 years. He spoke to happy supporters at Tougaloo College after the result. He thanked local people for helping him. Black groups in Mississippi also celebrated the win.

Mississippi had not chosen a Democrat for the US Senate since 1982. President Donald Trump won the state by more than 22 points in 2024, so many people did not expect Colom to win. Democrats also won Senate seats in several other states. They will now have 55 of the 100 Senate seats. One close race in Alaska still has no final result.