Scott Colom Wins Mississippi US Senate Race, Will Be State’s First Black Senator in 146 Years
Scott Colom, a 43-year-old Democrat, will be Mississippi’s next U.S. senator and the first Black senator to represent the state in the U.S. Capitol since 1881.
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Scott Colom has emerged victorious over Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, becoming the first Black senator from Mississippi in 146 years.
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Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
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