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  "id": 19570494,
  "title": "Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-unseats-cindy-hyde-smith-in-shocking-mississippi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:10:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/scott-colom-mississippi-senate-race"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states. Colom opened up a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-wins-the-closest-senate-race-in-the-country",
        "published": "2026-11-11T23:33:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom becomes Mississippi’s first Black US senator since Civil War Reconstruction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-becomes-mississippis-first-black-us-senator",
        "published": "2026-11-11T23:50:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US midterms: Democrat Colom defeats Hyde-Smith in Mississippi to win historic Senate seat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/us-midterms-democrat-colom-defeats-hyde-smith-in-mississippi-to-win",
        "published": "2026-11-12T00:02:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}