Mississippi elects Democrat Colom as state's first post-Civil War Black senator
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Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested US Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom's narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations despite having the largest share of Black residents of any US state.
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4 outlets from the United States, where the story is: CBS News, NPR News, The New York Times and 1 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 8:57 AM UTCFirst reportDemocrat Scott Colom's lead grows in Mississippi Senate race with certification days awayyahoo.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 2:37 PM UTC · +6 h
- Nov 11, 7:11 PM UTC+10 hScott Colom's growing lead puts a rare Democratic Senate win in Mississippi within reachcbsnews.com ↗
- Nov 11, 7:38 PM UTC+11 hScott Colom's growing lead puts a rare Democratic Senate win in Mississippi within reachnydailynews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:01 AM UTC+24 hDemocrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate racethe-star.co.ke ↗
- Nov 12, 10:41 AM UTC+26 hMississippi Democrat Scott Colom flips US Senate seat in stunning upsetfrance24.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 10:42 AM UTC+26 h· you’re reading thisMississippi elects Democrat Colom as state's first post-Civil War Black senatorfrance24.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 11:05 AM UTC+26 hScott Colom makes history in Mississippi as first Black senator in more than 140 yearsfrance24.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same Colom defeat of Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, with no conflicting facts (Report 4 adds the Senate seat tally, which is a follow-up figure from the same re
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40m agoMississippi elects Democrat Colom as state's first post-Civil War Black senator Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested US Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom's narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations despite having the largest share of Black residents of any US state.
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