The historic defeat of the Republicans in the heart of South America.
The AP news agency reported that "Scott Cullum", the candidate of the Democratic Party, in a close contest and after several days of counting the votes, managed to defeat "Cindy Hyde-Smith", the Republican senator of the state of Mississippi, and became the first black senator of this state since the end of the American Civil War.
The last time the state of Mississippi elected a new Democratic senator was in 1947; When Fred Perez was an ardent supporter of racial segregation.