Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Election
Mr. Colom, a prosecutor, will be the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
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Scott Winston Colom is an American politician and lawyer who is the United States senator-elect from Mississippi. Colom has served since 2016 as district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississippi.
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Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race
Colom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.
BBC News about 2 hours ago
Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?
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The New York Times about 2 hours ago
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in upset
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Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
NPR about 6 hours ago
Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith
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Democrat Scott Colom becomes Mississippi's first Black senator since 1874
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