Pakistan, Nov. 12 -- Democrat Scott Colom won the US Senate race in Mississippi, becoming the state's first Black senator in over 140 years. Furthermore, the 43-year-old district attorney defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a razor-thin margin of fewer than 5,000 votes. Consequently, major television networks called the historic race on Wednesday, eight days after election night concluded. Therefore, Colom also becomes the first Democratic senator elected from Mississippi in nearly four decades. Ultimately, this stunning upset caps a nationwide midterm wave handing Democrats full control of Congress.

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With roughly 99 percent of ballots counted, Colom secured 49.2 p...