Full Scott Colom victory speech: Democrat celebrates becoming Mississippi’s newest US Senator

In a monumental upset 145 years in the making, Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely watched Senate race, becoming the state's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.

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