That result marked a 29-point Democratic swing from 2024, when Donald Trump won Forrest County 58%-40%, underscoring how sharply the county moved in the Senate race.
Forrest County includes majority-Black Hattiesburg and the University of Southern Mississippi, giving Colom a base in a county whose politics have shifted around voting-rights and Confederate-symbol fights.
Statewide, Colom was already holding a narrow lead in a race that remained too close to call; a win would make him Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator since 1881.