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Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?

United States

Told by 21 newspapers in 11 countries, between 01:00 and 00:00 on 12 November 2026.

In this story

The headline in each newspaper

In short

Democrat Scott Colom won the Mississippi Senate race, defeating Cindy Hyde-Smith, according to several headlines.123 Some headlines highlight Colom's path, from district attorney to senator.4

AIMade at 00:06, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. Written when the story had 14 newspapers; it is redone when new newspapers join. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

Common ground

  • Democrat Scott Colom won the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, defeating Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith.123+47 newspapers from 5 countries
  • The win was by a narrow margin of less than one percentage point.6893 newspapers from 2 countries

Where accounts differ

  • ContradictionOn the year of the last Black senator elected from Mississippi, the sources give different dates: 1874 according to Al Jazeera and Wikipedia, 1881 according to CBS News and 1875 according to Tages-Anzeiger.101112
  • ABC News says Colom's win was 145 years in the making, while Clarín speaks of 150 years without a Black senator in the state.813

Who is involved

  • Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican and sitting senator, lost the election; the Times of Israel and Observador report her defeat.67

Background

  • 2018Hyde-Smith was appointed to the Senate in 2018 after Thad Cochran resigned, and won the special election that year.W
  • 2022Colom was nominated by Joe Biden in 2022 as a federal judge, but the nomination was blocked by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.W

AIMade at 00:16 from 15 headlines from 9 countries; the background, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

  • The New York Times · United States · 01:55Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?Read at the newspaper ↗
  • The Hindu · India · 01:55Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black U.S. senator since ReconstructionRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Le Monde · France · 01:10Midterms 2026 : le démocrate Scott Colom devient le premier sénateur noir du Mississippi depuis près de 150 ansRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Le Temps · Switzerland · 01:20Le démocrate Scott Colom est élu dans le Mississippi, devenant le premier sénateur afro-américain depuis 150 ansRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Guardian · United Kingdom · 03:55Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in stunning Mississippi Senate winRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Der Spiegel · Germany · 04:00Midterms in den USA - Mississippi: Wie Scott Colom trotz aller Widerstände siegteRead at the newspaper ↗
  • BBC News · United Kingdom · 04:35Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate raceRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Dawn · Pakistan · 05:50Mississippi Democrat flips US Senate seat in stunning upset after 140 yearsRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Geo News · Pakistan · 06:40Mississippi Democrat flips US Senate seat in stunning upsetRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Express Tribune · Pakistan · 08:20Mississippi Democrat flips US Senate seat in stunning upsetRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Libération · France · 08:35Midterms : le démocrate Scott Colom premier sénateur noir du Mississipi depuis près d’un siècle et demiRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Al Jazeera (state media) · Qatar · 08:25Mississippi elects first Black Senator since 1874Read at the newspaper ↗
  • Tages-Anzeiger · Switzerland · 08:16Historischer Sieg im US-Süden: Scott Colom färbt Mississippi blau – als erster Afro­amerikaner seit 1875Read at the newspaper ↗
  • RTP · Portugal · 09:30Democrata Scott Colom torna-se primeiro senador afro-americano pelo Mississippi desde o século XIXRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Times of Israel · Israel · 10:05Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in historic Mississippi Senate upsetRead at the newspaper ↗
  • NPR · United States · 10:05How Scott Colom defied the odds to go from district attorney to Mississippi's Democratic US SenatorRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Clarín · Argentina · 12:45En una victoria histórica e inesperada, Mississippi elige al primer senador negro del estado en 150 años: ¿Quién es Scott Colom?Read at the newspaper ↗
  • ABC News · United States · 13:00WATCH: How Mississippi Sen.-elect Scott Colom's win is 145 years in the makingRead at the newspaper ↗
  • CBS News · United States · 14:40Meet Scott Colom, Mississippi's first Black senator since 1881Read at the newspaper ↗
  • Observador · Portugal · 19:00Scott Colom, o democrata que fez história no MississippiRead at the newspaper ↗
  • PBS NewsHour · United States · 00:15How Scott Colom won his longshot bid to flip Mississippi's Senate seatRead at the newspaper ↗

Words in common

  • mississippi
  • colom
  • scott
  • democrat