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# Democrat Mike Espy Concedes To Cindy Hyde Smith In Mississippi Senate Race

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## Video: Democrat Mike Espy Concedes To Cindy Hyde Smith In Mississippi Senate Race

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_Published 2018-11-28. Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a divisive Mississippi runoff Tuesday, surviving a video-recorded remark decried as racist and defeating a former federal official who hoped to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction._


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## Transcript

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Well, there are a number of precincts outstanding, and the polls are gonna close. They're gonna close a lot more, we know that. We've called around to the precincts that are still outstanding, and it's very clear to me and to our campaign that there just are not Enough votes outstanding to make up the difference. So I wanted to come out here tonight and talk about what is still a historic achievement. [ APPLAUSE ] Let me first say that a minunte ago I did call Senator Sidney Hidesmith. And I, no, no. No. And I congratulated her on her victory tonight. And she has my prayers as she goes to Washington to unite a very divided Mississippi.

And she has my prayers and my willingness to help her to do that.

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