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Black voters in Mississippi celebrate Colom’s win | CNN Politics

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November 12, 2026 • 12:00 PM
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CNN’s Annie Grayer reports from a Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, where voters celebrated Scott Colom’s US Senate victory. Colom is the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

Black voters in Mississippi celebrate Colom’s win | CNN Politics

CNN’s Annie Grayer reports from a Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, where voters celebrated Scott Colom’s US Senate victory. Colom is the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

CNN’s Annie Grayer reports from a Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi, where voters celebrated Scott Colom’s US Senate victory. Colom is the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.

Supporters gathered in Jackson to celebrate after Scott Colom won the election for Mississippi's US Senate seat, becoming the first Black person elected to statewide office since the Reconstruction era.

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