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

Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction
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Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom's narrow victory is a seism...

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