Razor close, but at this point let it go. I do wonder if he'll swing far left or try to carve his own path closer to sensible.
Democrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat - ABC News (Oren Oppenheim)
I feel confident Alaska will be blue, bringing the total number of Democrat Senators to 56.
Democrat Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat - ABC News (Oren Oppenheim)
Democrat Scott Colom will upset Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, The Associated Press projected Wednesday, flipping a Republican seat in a ruby-red state.
With 99% of the expected vote reported, Colom leads with 49.2%, and Hyde-Smith has 48.7% of the vote, with Colom leading by about 4,700 votes.
Colom's win is the eighth Democratic pickup in the Senate with the race in Alaska yet to be decided.
Colom is a district attorney for four counties along the Mississippi-Alabama state line and a former nominee to become a U.S. district judge. He is Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator elected since Reconstruction in the 1870s.
With 99% of the expected vote reported, Colom leads with 49.2%, and Hyde-Smith has 48.7% of the vote, with Colom leading by about 4,700 votes.
Colom's win is the eighth Democratic pickup in the Senate with the race in Alaska yet to be decided.
Colom is a district attorney for four counties along the Mississippi-Alabama state line and a former nominee to become a U.S. district judge. He is Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator elected since Reconstruction in the 1870s.