Deputy Campaign Manager for @Scott_Colom | #RuralMatters🚜
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The South has got something to say. Deeply proud to call @scott_colom our Senator-elect. Mississippi Matters!
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Thank you Senator @SenatorWicker. I look forward to working with you to improve our beloved state. Mississippi has bestowed on me the honor of a lifetime and I’ll spend every minute doing everything I can to be worthy of that trust. #MississippiMatters
Congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Colom. Mississippi voters have spoken, and they have honored you with the privilege to represent the state we love. I look forward to working together for the good of Mississippi and the United States.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: On behalf of all Mississippians, I say thank you. For a quarter of a century, you have devoted yourself to public service. Mississippi farmers and outdoorsmen are better off because of you. Our rural hospitals, small businesses, and energy producers are more secure. You have protected our natural resources and championed our growing economy. I am grateful for your efforts to help Mississippi reach its potential now and in the years to come.
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This young man, @RuralChrisMS, started out as an assistant to me when I was Public Service Commissioner and tonight stands as Deputy Campaign Manager for @scott_colom’s historic win. We are so proud of you, Chris!
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THANK YOU, MISSISSIPPI! This victory belongs to all of us and I am honored to be your new senator-elect.
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SENATOR SCOTT COLOM (Mississippi)-D. In honor of all those who lost their lives in Freedom Summer. For Medgar Evers. For Fannie Lou Hammer. For our ancestors. There’s Blood on that Ballot Box.
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Scott Colom will be Mississippi’s third Black senator.
The first was Hiram Revels, the first Black member of Congress in either chamber. He served from 1870 to 1871.
“I rise… with feelings which perhaps never before entered into the experience of any member of this body.”
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Breaking News: Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, in a close race, according to The Associated Press. His win makes him the first Black senator elected in the state since Reconstruction.
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ALT Scott Colom is pictured. Headline reads: "Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Seat After Tight Race." Photo credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today, via Associated Press.
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BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has won a hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, ousting one of the state’s sitting senators for the first time since the 1940s and becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. ow.ly/KR2Q5105Wck
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There will likely be 29 Democrats representing House districts that Trump won by double-digit margins in 2024.
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“On Tuesday, Mr. Colom flipped DeSoto County, which shifted 30 percentage points to the left of its vote in 2024. Just outsideJackson, he also flipped Madison County and its suburbs, once known for the white flight that began with the desegregation…. nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/el…
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Now have Tishomingo County precinct results! The second most red county in the state, and only 1% black. The precinct that shifted most to the left in Tishomingo County was Springhill, CHS won it by 46.2% but that's a 22.3% shift left from 2024, in a precinct that's 2% black.
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Mississippi deserves a seat at the table. And I'm ready to make sure our voices are heard in the U.S. Senate.
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Democrats, do not give up on rural America
This is your chance to rebuild the Democratic Party & entrench yourself by doing great work for your constituents
Our majorities are as large as it is, because rural folks took a chance on you
WaPo: Rural Voters in GOP Strongholds Helped Carry Democrats
Democrats have a surprising group of voters to thank, in part, for their sweeping victories in the midterm elections Tuesday.
Rural counties across the country swung more than 15 percentage points toward Democrats this year compared with 2024. While rural communities remained more Republican than Democratic, their support waned significantly, hurting GOP candidates who relied on the typically deep-red voting bloc.
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) in his December 2014 Senate farewell address: "When I came to West Virginia 50 years ago, I was searching for a clear purpose for my life’s work. I wanted the work to be really hard, and what I got was an opportunity to work really hard along with a real and utterly spiritual sense of mission. This work demands and deserves nothing less than everything that we have to give. I will miss the Senate. Some days I don’t want to leave, but it's time." RIP c-span.org/program/us-senate… @cspan
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Luci Baines Johnson came to celebrate last night.
We just took back her dad’s Senate seat.
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MISSISSIPPI! Our race is too close to call. We are going to make sure every single vote has been counted, and I am confident we will ultimately flip this seat.
Voters know what’s at stake and we saw historic voter turnout in this election across Mississippi, including thousands voting for the first time.
There is a lot of work to be done and we are going to make sure every voice is heard.