Tuesday night saw a lot of upsets for Republicans. Usual Republican stalwarts like South Carolina and Texas went blue. Democrats strengthened their grip on North Carolina, and they dragged Iowa and Ohio back into purple state territory. But while those races garnered national attention before Election Day, the most surprising upset of the night flew completely under just about everyone’s radar.
The Mississippi Senate race still hasn’t been called, but it’s not looking good for Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. Scott Colom, a district attorney who was nominated by President Joe Biden for a position as a district judge in northern Mississippi in 2022, leads by roughly 1,800 votes with 96 percent of votes counted at the time of this writing. The remaining votes to come are heavily concentrated in either heavily Democrat areas around Jackson or in counties that have swung considerably toward Democrats this election.
