# Before Scott Colom, these were Mississippi’s last two Black US senators

https://mins.news/en/item/140903

- BBC News, 2026-11-12 14:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmde1y19g19do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Democratic candidate Scott Colom won in Mississippi, a state that had not seated a Black senator since 1874.

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