États-Unis: le démocrate Scott Colom devient le premier sénateur noir du Mississippi depuis 150 ans
Democrat Scott Colom has won a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, according to projections by the Associated Press. He becomes the first Black senator elected in nearly 150 years in this Southern state.
The 43-year-old district attorney defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith after a lengthy vote count. This is another unexpected turn of events in a midterm election that saw Democrats regain control of both houses of Congress.
This result adds to the crushing defeat inflicted on President Donald Trump in the midterm elections, in which his party suffered setbacks in several traditionally Republican states. The Associated Press declared Scott Colom the winner on Wednesday after local election officials spent several days processing mail-in ballots and provisional ballots, known as "sworn ballots" in Mississippi.
“Even though this is not the result we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters,” Cindy Hyde-Smith said in a speech posted online. “I want to congratulate Scott Colom and wish him well as he prepares to take on the enormous responsibility of representing our great state.” A spokesperson for the senator said she called Colom to congratulate him and concede defeat before the video was made public.
The last time Mississippi elected a new Democratic senator, John C. Stennis, was in 1982. Scott Colom, a 43-year-old local prosecutor, was able to take advantage of the state's large black population, dissatisfaction with the economic situation, and the missteps of Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was seeking a second full term.
“They truly deserve a senator who listens to them, who genuinely cares about what they think, who genuinely cares about what they experience,” Scott Colom said in the final stretch of the campaign. Colom claimed during the campaign that he could represent all of Mississippi, a state where racial divisions have long shaped politics and society.
Democratic party leaders hailed the senator-elect's triumph, highlighting the South's emerging status as an electoral battleground after other unexpected victories, from North Carolina to Texas.
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