Republican wins racially charged Mississippi U.S. Senate race
By REUTERS
Nov 27 - Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith won a U.S. Senate special election runoff in Mississippi on Tuesday, the Associated Press projected, defeating a black challenger after a campaign that recalled the state's history of racist violence.Hyde-Smith, a white former state lawmaker who was appointed to the Senate in April, overcame a controversy over her comment on public hangings to defeat Democrat Mike Espy in the last contest of the 2018 election cycle.Jerusalem educator arrested sexually assaulting underage students
