A MAGA senator in one of the country's reddest states is now projected to lose her seat to her Democratic challenger.
CNN's Decision Desk projected Wednesday that Democrat Scott Colom, a local district attorney, will unseat GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the first Democrat the state's voters have sent to the Senate in more than four decades. Colom will also be the first Black person elected statewide there since Reconstruction. Hyde-Smith had blocked Colom from getting a confirmation hearing after then-President Joe Biden nominated him to a federal judgeship.
Hyde-Smith later conceded the race, per reporting by The Hill.
Colom led Hyde-Smith with about 99% of the vote counted, 49.2% to 48.7%, a margin of 4,404 votes, according to the unofficial Associated Press results reported by the Washington Post. The AP had not called the race as of Wednesday afternoon, and the state faces a Friday deadline to certify the results.