# Mississippi elects Democrat, first Black senator since 1881

https://mins.news/en/video/141756

- Global News, 2026-11-13 04:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48kEeaG9zE

> More than a week after the U.S. midterms, one of the last Senate races was called last night. Democrat Scott Colom won Mississippi by a razor-thin margin, becoming the first Black person elected to the state's Senate seat in nearly 150 years.

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