Scott Cullum defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. He led 49.2% to 48.7%, a margin of more than 4,600 votes out of more than 960,000 people, and Hyde-Smith conceded by phone. Cullum, the district attorney for Mississippi's 16th Judicial District, is the first Democrat elected to the Senate since 1982. He would be the first black senator elected directly by Mississippi voters and the first black person elected there since Reconstruction. The state voted for Trump by 23 points in 2024, and Colem's victory is the eighth Republican-seated Democrat has held on this year, giving them at least 55 seats in the Senate.

Scott Cullum defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. He led 49.2% to 48.7%, a margin of more than 4,600 votes out of more than 960,000 people, and Hyde-Smith conceded by phone. Cullum, the district attorney for Mississippi's 16th Judicial District, is the first Democrat elected to the Senate since 1982. He would be the first black senator elected directly by Mississippi voters and the first black person elected there since Reconstruction. The state voted for Trump by 23 points in 2024, and Colem's victory is the eighth Republican-seated Democrat has held on this year, giving them at least 55 seats in the Senate.