Mississippi Democrat flips US Senate seat in stunning upset

"Mississippi, our prayers have often changed the course of history," Colom his supporters in Jackson on Wednesday night. "God didn't want us to get it the easy way. He wanted us to get it the Mississippi way.

"Colom's win in the Deep South adds sting to thestunning rebuke of President Donald Trumpas voters around the country shunned his Republican Party, even in states that had not sent a Democrat to Washington in decades.

The latest win, called Wednesday by US news outlets that includedCNN, NBCandCBS, will give Democrats 55 seats in the 100-member Senate, with 44 for Republicans and one race in the state of Alaska still outstanding. The midterms result was a personal humiliation for 80-year-old Trump as a.

Democratic wave swept through the Republican heartland, leaving him as a lame duck president for the remaining two years of his term. The Democratic flipping of Congress signals an end to Trump's stranglehold on US politics and gives Democrats thepower to block legislation, probe his administration and thwart his appointments.

Including Mississippi now, Democrats flipped eight Senate seatsthat had been held by Republicans, scoring historic breakthroughs in South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Texas and Maine, several of which had not changed hands for decades. Hyde-Smith, in office since 2018, conceded the race in a video posted to X.Thank you, Mississippi.pic.twitter.com/DtNPffut.

Pu— Cindy Hyde-Smith (@cindyhydesmith)November 11, 2026"While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters," the 67-year-old senator said. "I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state.

"The race in ruby red Mississippiwent down to the wirea surprise for many observers who doubted the scale of the Democratic blue wave riding on mounting anger over Trump's harsh immigration policy, the war in Iran and rising costs of living.

CNNcalled it for Colom on Wednesday, eight days after election night, with some 99 per cent of the vote in and the Democrat ahead of Hyde-Smith by 49.2 per cent to 48.7 per cent, a difference of 4,585 votes. "Blue Mississippi is here," the US Senate's top Democrat Chuck Schumer proclaimed on X after the projections came in.

Blue Mississippi is here. Scott Colom is the only person who could’ve gotten this done. I knew it from the moment I met him.https://t.co/OfXVPTRQJd— Chuck Schumer (@chuckschumer)November 11, 2026"Scott Colom is the only person who could've gotten this done.

I knew it from the moment I met him. "Colom is set to become the first Democratic senator from Mississippi in nearly 40 years. The first Black senator the United States ever elected, Hiram Revels, was from Mississippi and served during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War.

In his speech, Colom referenced how Revels, a minister by training, inspired other politicians to support his Senate run through his powerful oratory. "That's an example of the power of prayer, and through our history, there are so many people that lifted this state up through the power of prayer in very dark times," Colom said.

"It's local people that have faith that Mississippi can make progress, and it's local people like the people out here who had faith that we could win this election," he added.