Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state’s first Black US senator since Reconstruction
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Scott Colom speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at the Hinds County Sheriff's Office in Jackson, Miss. (Ellen Schmidt/AP Photo)
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.
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