(Adnkronos) – With a historic surprise victory, Democrat Scott Colom has won the United States Senate race in Mississippi, according to projections released by television broadcasters, thus becoming the first African American elected to the Senate from this Southern State in over 140 years.
Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, prevailed over incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in what is perhaps the most extraordinary upset of an already extraordinary midterm election, in which Democrats crushed Republicans by regaining the majority in both chambers of Congress. The outcome of the Mississippi race was announced by news outlets including CNN and NBC.
