# Democrat becomes Mississippi’s first Black senator in more than 100 years

https://mins.news/en/video/140728

- CBC News, 2026-11-12 13:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXioDrOSEM

> Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a closely contested Mississippi Senate race. He will be the state’s first Black U.S. senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

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