# The Numbers Behind Scott Colom’s Stunning Upset in the Mississippi Senate Race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-numbers-behind-scott-coloms-stunning-upset-in-the-mississippi-senate-race/
- Published: 2026-11-13T22:30:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T23:35:56+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Times (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/us/elections/scott-colom-senate-upset-history-mississippi.html
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Colom flipped a deeply Republican Mississippi Senate seat.
- Black turnout and support were central to his win.
- He also gained ground among white and younger voters.

## Summary

Scott Colom won a US Senate seat for the Democrats in Mississippi, a state Donald Trump carried by nearly 23 percentage points in 2024. His victory is the state’s first Democratic Senate win in more than four decades and makes him the first Black man elected to the seat by Mississippi voters.

The result came as Black voters made up 33 per cent of the electorate, up from 30 per cent in 2024, and 91 per cent backed Colom. He also won an estimated 25 per cent of white voters and performed strongly among younger voters, while DeSoto County shifted 31 points towards him compared with its 2024 presidential result. The count took longer because officials had to account for outstanding mail-in and provisional ballots.

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