Democrat Scott Colom Wins Mississippi Senate Race Over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, NPR reported in a story by Stephen Fowler. The report said the result followed a race call by the Associated Press.

CBS News also reported that Colom will win his Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, and said it was projecting the result. Its video report on the race, which features reporting by Mark Strassman, was headlined as a "major upset."

BBC News reported that Colom is the first Black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in over 140 years, and its headline described the win as a "historic win."

NPR and CBS News both identified Hyde-Smith as the Republican in the contest, with NPR using the title Sen. and CBS News calling her the incumbent. The reports differ on the basis for the outcome. NPR tied its report to a race call by the Associated Press, CBS News described its result as a projection, and the BBC summary does not say how the outcome was determined.

The BBC summary describes the race only in terms of Colom's historic election and does not name the opposing candidate. None of the summaries give vote totals, margins, or the time at which the race was decided, so those details are not reported here.

The NPR summary names Stephen Fowler as its author, and the CBS News summary names Mark Strassman as the reporter with more on the race, while the BBC summary names no author. Each summary is a brief description of a longer report, and the full texts were not available for this account.

Sources: NPR: Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race; CBS News: Democrat Scott Colom defeats incumbent in Mississippi Senate race in major upset, CBS News projects; BBC News: Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race.