Colom becomes Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction

Colom becomes Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction

Democratic challenger Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith ​in the Mississippi election for the US Senate, media projected on Wednesday, making him the Southern state's first Black…

Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction

Mississippi elects first Black Senator since 1874

Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s Senate race, becoming the state’s first Black senator since 1874.