# Scott Colom could become Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction

https://mins.news/en/item/139117

- CNN, 2026-11-11 14:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/scott-colom-mississippi-campaign-democrats?Date=20261111&Profile=CNN

> Six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982.

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