Sanford: Scott Colom’s improbable US Senate win is a victory for all of us
Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom talks on the phone at his campaign office in Jackson, Miss., on Nov. 11. (Ellen Schmidt/AP)
Otis Sanford
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How about that.
Mississippi voters followed the sage advice of a biracial cast of characters in a viral campaign ad, including notably a guy flipping hamburgers on a backyard grill.
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