Democrat Scott Colom has won a longshot bid to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi. The victory marks a stunning reversal in a deeply conservative state that has not been represented by a Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Liz Landers reports on what the result means for the state's political landscape.


In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom won his longshot bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom's victory is a stunning reversal in the deeply conservative state that hasn't been represented by a Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Liz Landers reports.