Scott Colom defeats Cindy Hyde‑Smith, flips Mississippi Senate seat
“Nice lunch, what protein is that?” @waltermasterson.bsky.social breaks the news that scott colom won 🎉 to Cindy Hyde-Smith’s staff😂
The Mockers88Cindy Hyde-Smith might have given him a blue slip, but Scott Colom gave her the pink slip!
Baja Arizona. We did it!!52I want to buy these guys a margarita.
Monzo (Dirtbag Leftist)38that's cold dude LMAO @waltermasterson.bsky.social
Georgia RN35Love this! Remember in 2020 when MAGA was sending out flyers saying democrats were coming for your Cheeseburger! Then beef prices shoot up and they are like... pick another protein and suck it up buttercup.
@SuzanaD37Waiting for Cleta Mitchell to chime in...
1bjwall.bsky.social6I would love to be the one who rips that sign off & watch her take the walk of shame sooner than later.
🚨BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, unseating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, CNN and others are projecting. Colom will be the first Black senator to represent the state in over 140 years.
Democracy Docket538The scene on the ground in DeSoto County following news of Colom's projected win:
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Nick Gorton 🏳️⚧️68And the cherry on top of Hyde-Smith blocking his nomination as a federal judge leading to him running for Senate was the reason she blocked him: his stance on transgender rights. 🏳️⚧️
WINorthwoods31Everyone in the White House is running for their lives. MISSISSIPPI IS BLUE! Congratulations Senator Colom.💙🌊🇺🇲📎
akmk24bringing tears to my eyes.. Congratulations, Scott Colom!!
brightpinkiguana.bsky.social12The American public owes a MASSIVE debt of gratitude to the hard work of @marcelias.bsky.social and his team! @democracydocket.com
Marc Elias4490It has been an honor to be part of the legal team that helped secure this historic victory. I could not be prouder of the work Elias Law Group does every day to help Democrats like Scott Colom win elections, citizens vote and progressives make change.
Democracy Docket2564🚨BREAKING: Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has conceded Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race to Democrat Scott Colom, per the Colom campaign.
Matt Cohen12the culture and political significance of this victory is so, so huge y’all. cannot be overstated how big of a deal this victory is for the south.
Nemo.12One. Hundred. And. Forty. Years. That....fucking Hell, that rocks.
tofucocoa10ill be damned. the snowball really did have a chance in hell
angrygrrrl and F*cking B!tch9Oh my god I am literally crying right now. This is beyond amazing. I don't have the words!
Lauren Jewett, NBCT, MA7Another senator has been picked and it’s officially Scott Colom!!! 👏#PickAnotherSenator
professional lesbian6this post is a reminder that reconsteuction was working and the removal of federal troops from the south set black civil rights back for a loooooong time
PissedAsHell5And the hits just keep on coming youtu.be/qE8gF-1D5Mg
Dirk Lester 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 ✌🏾4That’s right. It’s time for the song of victory ✊🏾
Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. https://cnn.it/48ModTb
Joe Katz225Shoulda just let him be a judge, Cindy
Emily42Ain't deep red no more!!
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli40Thank you *checks notes* Jefferson Davis County voters
madashelllib.bsky.social21Mississippi’s new slogan: “At least we’re not Florida.”
Mikusa13Well, SOMEBODY had to call this race and it sure wasn’t gonna be Mississippi
Simon10Poor people voting in their own interests. This could catch on.
Jack Jenkins57Southern activists and Dems have insisted for decades that Mississippi, South Carolina and other southern states were winnable if the DNC invested. Granted, this election cycle was especially (perhaps historically?) bad for Republicans. But it turns out those southern Dems were, in fact, right.
Mice Nature ᓚᘏᕐᐷ22much has been said about the "kamala is for they/them" ad which realistically didnt do even 1% of what pundits claim so i better hope to see some glazing towards an ad that actually achieved something which was this one
Nano 🔜 MFF 2026!17I'm holding off the political talk after this for a bit but: I don't want to hear people saying "my vote doesn't count" ever again cause I wouldn't even THINK this was ever a possibility Holy shit
dewberry sauce14Amazing. I'm so glad this didn't end up in court.
Laika L. Gagarin9imagine running shit so bad you fucking turn MISSISSIPPI blue.
Coiléar5I hope earnestly in my heart that this is sort of the call to action all my peers hold onto because for my entire life I've been told "your vote doesn't matter because in the end what'll happen will happen and then get reversed in 4 years" You gotta keep trying.
Andy Rivkin5Seems like calling Mississippi “deep red” is incorrect? 🎉
Vyvre Argent, epic fantasy with 🌈 characters4It’s absolutely infuriating to hear just how restricted voting is in Mississippi. In CA, everyone gets a ballot by mail and election information in multiple languages. One of the best things we can do right now is expand vote by mail.
Mary Pezzulo3I really am happier about this than about my own state. Especially the part where he won JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY.
Michael Bazemore2If she hurries, Cindy Hyde-Smith can get back to her rocking chair in time to warn Josey Wales that the Union soldiers are looking for him!
A reminder that racist scumbag Cindy Hyde-Smith not only blocked Senator-elect Scott Colom from becoming a judge after President Biden nominated him, she also joined in with seditious conspiracy by voting to decertify the 2020 election and now she was unseated by that same Scott Colom. Beautiful.
gspinell13You nailed it. She is a racist scumbag. So glad she lost. She like so many GOP never thought they would lose last week. And that is a good warning to all remaining GOP members; do the right thing or be Cindy Hyded!
Rob Kirby10Justice has been served. COLD.
elgirrl.bsky.social4She is an insurrectionist and a rabid racist. II first noticed her when she came out and supported Trump's birther conspiracies and attacks against Obama back in 2011. That's how bad she is. Good riddance to this 💩.
Krissie 4Karma found her . .
LiberalPatriot @bsky.social3I love this for her!!!
BlueBayOG3May she rot in hell
"a white-majority Mississippi electorate chooses a Black senator" is genuinely like one of the top ten craziest things to ever happen in the history of American elections, no joke. (Mississippi was majority-Black when it elected Black senators in the Reconstruction era.)
Kevin658said this a couple days ago and think it's a good one-sentence summation for a layperson and especially a non-American layperson. one of the world's most intense, historically violent, and well-studied racial caste systems, derived directly from chattel slavery, just broke in an unprecedented way.
Keegan47The Great Migration both destroyed the capacity of Black power in the South and needed to happen to save people from the worst of Jim Crow. We live in a moment where that power can be remade because a miniscule number of white voters made the right choice for the first time ever.
Pablo24Weren't the other Senators of the reconstruction era not elected by popular vote? I thought the legislature voted for them.
gaelium.bsky.social21And he'll be the first elected post 17th amendment. It's such an amazing feat
Narrow-hipped Vixen12As an older white woman, I hope to be in the minority population of this state soon.
capitolhunters6FYI: the first 2 Black Senators from Mississippi weren't elected in a statewide popular vote, they were chosen by the Mississippi state legislature.
Ordinary Rendition17It really can't be said enough that if white people in the South start voting just like white people in the Midwest, and especially if Black people in the South keep turning out the way they did this year, the Republican Party faces utter catastrophe.
Matthew Borgard3Mississippi, would you elect a Black senator? "Hell no! The White Man has a right to rule." What if the white Senator said you can't has cheeseburger? "👊🏾WE SHALL OVERCOOOOOOME"
*it* is happening here2Thank you DJT for making America great
BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s Senate race, CNN projects Trump won Mississippi by 23 points in 2024. Wow
Republicans Against Trumpism257Three years ago, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom’s nomination for a federal judgeship. Now, he’s beaten her in Mississippi’s Senate race and is about to take her job.
Republicans Against Trumpism85The last time Mississippi elected a Democrat to the Senate was 1982
noelmurphy.bsky.social3Trump's catastrophic betrayal of Americans laid bare. Well done America ! How can Trump even show his face in public again ? Trump and his gibbering nonsense has no place in ANY responsible forum. Trump is such a disgrace even a "plea deal" impossible.
jghotier.bsky.social2Boy do we Miss y’all Mississippians!
hummungbird.bsky.social2This makes me so happy 💖
Mike1I love the grin. You could read a lot of things into it.
Breaking: Mississippi voters decide to pick another senator, not another protein. Scott Colom is projected to win the Senate race against incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. My favorite upset win of the midterms.
Just Jack381In a state that hasn’t elected a black man to the senate since Reconstruction, Scott Colom defied insane odds. He was largely ignored by the Democratic establishment. JD Pritzker pitched in. So did Senator Warnock. Scott went to Trump rallies to convince people to give him a shot. Dude’s a boss.
Sandra T RN 🇺🇲🇳🇴🇸🇪🐶😻🌊⚾️14By far. 2nd place (by a mile) goes to the takedown of that perennial favorite, Susan Collins.
Aliphaire11Cindy Hyde-Smith is nasty bigot who makes jokes about lynching, saying she would be in the front row. This is not the right person for Mississippi.
𝒩𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶 𝒫8OMG! This is amazing news!!! I've been waiting to hear about this since last week! Any news on Alaska yet?
SurelyUCantBSerious5This is very special for so many reasons death to the confederacy
@dickinthedirt3Colom is 4635 votes ahead with 99% counted. No way Hyde-All-White can flip that. "This what Democracy looks like." Molly Jong Fast
The state that was the epicenter of American racial reaction for over a century will have a Black Senator in January.
Jacquie21This is genuinely so incredible.
David Mizner18Incredible. Louisiana is next, Kennedy's seat in '28.
Sean McKnight16The first black Senator in the state's history who wasn't born a slave.
Pseud O’Nym ♨️13I think someone would have said if he literally won the Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis, but even so, the historical symbolism of the change between 170 years ago and now is astonishing.
Anonymous Bureaucrat7"America is worth fighting for"
Joanne Freeman303Just going to keep reposting this news.
jnfr ⁷🪭4I have family here, lived there myself for a few Jim Crow years as a (Yankee) child, and I am in awe. Even as a (hated) Yankee, I was white so didn't get much shit. But I saw the segregation signs and my daddy explained to me the hours when [Negros] were allowed into town.
Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom from becoming a judge. So he ran for office and blocked her from stayinb a Senator. You. Love. To. See it.
Gerald Glenn Saenz4Even Karma registered to vote this time around.
Michele Winnington4And you can bet she won’t call to congratulate him!
Joe C2Cindy Hyde-Smith is one of the worst of the worst. F her.
Facts Not Fakes2From Blue slip. To Pink slip. Mississippi’s A Dem flip. 💙
Kavita Nair1Now meemaw can take up knitting
BREAKING Scott Colom is projected to win the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, defeating Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom makes history as the first Black senator to be elected directly by Mississippi voters. Until Colom, no Black candidate had won ANY statewide election in Mississippi since 1873.
BREAKING: CNN projects Scott Colom to win U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi against Republican incumbent, Cindy Hyde-Smith. The projected win marks a major victory for Democrats in the South.
DLee🇨🇦🙋6Deep-red Mississippi just delivered a powerful message: no Senate seat is untouchable when voters decide it’s time for change. @cnn.com @northernpoppet.bsky.social
kimberlyth#25471That he beats Hyde-Smith only makes the win sweeter
The Contrarian314UPDATE: AP News has declared Scott Colom the winner of U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi
Kodiak149271Looks like she shouldn’t have blocked his federal judgeship 😂😂😂
The Captain1356 here we come. Major congrats to Sen elect Colom
Tim Murphy8Of all the Democratic victories, this is one of the most satisfying! I was hoping the same for Marsha, but at least she’s out of Congress.
jj (Abt. pragmatische Weltrevolution)4Bei aller berechtigten Kritik am System, an Parteien, an den Demokraten. DAS ist ein wichtiger Sieg.
I know it’s who they are but it still blows my mind that republicans just fucked up so badly they blew a senate election in MISSISSIPPI and they are going to double, triple and quadruple down on the same exact agenda
Micah308not a single crossover vote for the Hegseth impeachment besides Massie? really guys, this is how it’s gonna go? alrighty then
90,000 Bees In A Human Suit16Mississippi has a gubernatorial election next year too, things are gonna get interesting
Sean Lew-Sarra6The list of competitive states in 2028 is just the fifty nifty song
Kathryn Brightbill ✒️6Greg Steube is throwing tantrums about how the reason Republicans lost so badly was because they didn't double and triple down as much as he did (pay no attention to how much his district is gerrymandered)
ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪5They can’t help themselves. The Republican Party is dead
Oggie4What's really hurting my brain is that the Dems are just letting them do shit right now, leaving the absolute easiest pr wins on the table, and not forcing quotes out that you can make them eat later. Make them badmouth the crazy king, too!
and now, Evers’ widow Myrlie has lived to see Colom elected to represent Mississippi in the Senate
Tammaye5daughter of the south here — my recent visit to the National African American Museum of History and Culture was so moving, devastating, and ultimately affirmative (you! yes you should go if you haven’t!) a new history is being written before our eyes and i’m grateful to see it in my lifetime
Clever User Name2That is so amazing that Myrlie is able to see this in her lifetime. What a wonderful tribute to Mr Evers. This brings tears to my eyes.