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Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as states first Black US senator since Reconstruction

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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. Colom's narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations despite having the largest share of Black residents of any U. S. state. The to...

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