Politics● ElevatedBreaking47m ago · Nov 11, 2026, 11:00 PM
In Major Upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Seat
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Scott Colom, a Democrat and prosecutor, is the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
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