Scott Colom takes DeSoto, final verdict still awaits on statewide results
Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks during a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sarah Warnock/AP Photo file)
Mississippi’s tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith still remains undecided with Colom — as of Thursday morning —leading by less than a percentage point.
If elected, Colom would be the first Black senator in the state since Reconstruction and the first Democratic senator since 1982.
While the statewide totals remain uncertain, it is clear the challenger carried DeSoto County. Unofficial results for DeSoto reflected a surprising twist for the usually red area that reelected Hyde-Smith six years ago by more than 12,000 votes over Democrat Mike Espy.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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