BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from the state in more than 40 years, CNN projects.

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BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from the state in more than 40 years, CNN projects. Colom, 43, also becomes the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since Reconstruction.