Dems projected to score historic upset in deep-red Mississippi, topple Trump ally Hyde-Smith

Senate Republicans are projected to suffer yet another stunning setback, this time in reliably red Mississippi.

Incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is projected to lose her bid for a second full term in the U.S. Senate to state District Attorney Scott Colom in a race, according to The Associated Press, that until the final weeks of October, was deadlocked.

More than a week after Election Day, the AP called the razor-thin race in favor of Colom on Wednesday, pushing the Democrats' hold on the U.S. Senate to 55 seats to the Republicans' 44 in another flip. 

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Mississippi District Attorney Scott Colom, center, is running for Senate against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and has backers with deep pockets in the Soros family. (Courtesy of Colom Senate campaign)

Colom's victory over Hyde-Smith marked a historic moment in the Magnolia State, which hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since the 1980s. 

Hyde-Smith, in a video posted to X, said that, "While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters."

"I want to congratulate Scott Cologne and wish him well, as he takes on the tremendous responsibility of representing our great state," Hyde-Smith said. 

His win comes after President Donald Trump rallied behind her and a seven-figure, last-minute ad buy by the Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee closely tied to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., were not enough to stop Colom’s momentum.

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U.S. Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith, R-Miss., had eyed a second term in the upper chamber. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"I'll tell you, as a Christian, I forgive her for that. That's not a motivating factor for me," Colom said. "I mean, as a district attorney, I have to prosecute cases where people lost their loved ones to gun violence. So, you know, and I’ve seen them forgive that person."

"So that's not the motivating factor," he continued. "For me, it's really the betrayal of the America First movement, right? Like she was supposed to help President Trump get lower grocery prices. Well, she betrayed us. We're not getting lower grocery prices."