Mississippians elected Democrat Scott Colom to the U.S. Senate, making him the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction, WJTV reported on Nov. 13, 2026.
WJTV reported that Colom defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Matt Steffey, a law professor at Mississippi Christian University (MC) School of Law, told WJTV that it is hard to tell whether Colom’s victory is an outlier.
The information above is drawn from WJTV’s Nov. 13, 2026 report; Tippah News did not independently verify the details.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
