Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as states first Black US senator since Reconstruction
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith 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, and it will echo through the country as well. The outcome adds to a decisive midterm a...
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