JacksonNo Democrat had won Mississippi’s Senate seat since 1982.
Scott Colom will be the state’s first Black senator in more than 140 years.
Black residents are 37% of Mississippi, the highest share of any state, and joined white voters angry about prices.
Only a few thousand votes separated Colom from Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, and counting took more than a week.
Colom is sworn in next January, giving Democrats 55 seats in the US Senate with Alaska uncalled.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 400+ reports worldwide
- The New York Times leans favorable
- places the Mississippi win in the wider midterm picture and notes no Democrat has won a Senate seat in the state since 1982
- BBC
- Al Jazeera Online
- notes that Hyde-Smith was not publicly seen until the Senate returned, and contrasts her approach with Colom's during the count
Sources: The New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera Online