For the first time in 145 years, Mississippi will have a black senator.
District Attorney and Democratic candidate Scott Cullum defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, AP reports. Hyde-Smith admitted defeat and congratulated her opponent.
After the election, Cullum was ahead of Hyde-Smith by only 43 votes. The advantage grew as counties processed mail-in ballots and those that required additional verification. At the time the winner was announced, the margin was 4,669 votes out of more than 962,000 counted.
Collum will be Mississippi's first black senator since 1881 and the first directly elected by the state's voters. The last time a Democrat won a Senate seat in Mississippi was in 1982.
With Cullum's victory, the Democrats win at least 55 of the 100 seats in the new Senate. They increased their representation by 8 seats over the incumbent, the party's largest gain in a Senate midterm election since 1986.
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