# Seth Meyers Is Excited by Scott Colom’s Historic Win in Mississippi

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/seth-meyers-is-excited-by-scott-coloms-historic-win-in-mississippi/
- Published: 2026-11-13T07:20:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T08:50:27+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Times (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/arts/television/late-night-seth-meyers-scott-colom.html
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate race.
- He will be the state’s first Black senator since 1881.
- Late-night hosts celebrated the Democratic flip and his comeback.

## Summary

Scott Colom was declared the winner of Mississippi’s Senate race, defeating incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. His victory flips the seat to the Democrats and makes him the state’s first Black senator since 1881, a milestone that late-night hosts highlighted as a sign of political and racial change.

On Thursday’s “Late Night”, Seth Meyers celebrated the result and pointed out that Hyde-Smith had blocked Colom’s 2022 nomination to become a federal judge before he ran against her and won. Meyers described the outcome as a story of perseverance and progress, as well as political revenge; Desi Lydic and Jimmy Kimmel also joked about the historic win.

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