GOP's Cindy Hyde-Smith projected to win Mississippi Senate election runoff
November 27, 2018 at 22:14 PM EST
Cindy Hyde-Smith will win Mississippi's Senate election, holding a GOP seat despite comments that stoked racial tensions in the state and sparked backlash from donors, NBC News projects. The GOP senator will defeat Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy in the special election runoff. Democrats will take control of the House in January, making it...