Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race as Hyde-Smith concedes

Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi's US Senate race, defeating Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who conceded in a video, the AP reported. Colom led by 4,669 votes when the AP called the race. Reports said he will be the state's first Black senator since 1881, when Blanche Bruce, who was elected by the state legislature, left office.