Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom flips US Senate seat in stunning upset

France 24 Thursday 12 November 2026, 10:39 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom flips US Senate seat in stunning upset Issued on: Share In a historic upset, Democrat Scott Colom has won his US Senate race in traditionally conservative Mississippi, networks projected Wednesday, making him the first African American elected to the chamber from the southern state in more than 140 years. Report by Morgan Ayre

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