Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming

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1. 3d ago // Politico

   Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom to Senate in massive upset

   Colom's win is a boost to the Democratic Party as it seeks to gain a larger foothold in the South.

2. 3d ago // The 19th

   Democrat Scott Colom ousts Cindy Hyde-Smith to be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881

   Democrat Scott Colom’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi was dismissed as improbable — a long-shot effort standing up against the weight of political…

3. 3d ago // Axios

   From Emmett Till to Robert Johnson, the Delta powered Scott Colom's historic Senate bid

   Scott Colom 's path to a historic U.S. Senate upset ran through the Mississippi Delta — where Emmett Till was abducted, Fannie Lou Hamer fought for the ballot…

4. 3d ago // Slate

   Mississippi Couldn’t Stop Scott Colom’s Victory—but It Wasn’t for Lack of Trying

   Voter suppression fail.

5. 3d ago // NPR

   Colom wins Mississippi Senate race. And, White House warns Dems over future probes

   After more than a week of counting ballots, Scott Colom has narrowly won the Mississippi Senate seat. And, the White House has sent a letter warning Democrats…

6. 3d ago // BBC News US & Canada

   Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi's first black senator since 19th Century

   In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points, Colom's victory extends a string of Democratic wins in the Senate.

7. 3d ago // BBC News US & Canada

   Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi

   The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.

8. 3d ago // RFI

   Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as first black senator since 19th century

   Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested United States Senate race, after a prolonged ballot…