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Mississippi has elected Democrat Scott Colom in a historic race in the traditionally deep-red state, making him its first Black senator since shortly after the US civil war. How did Colom’s grassroots campaign win despite limited early backing from national Democrats? Lucy Hough speaks to politics and democracy reporter George Chidi
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Democrat Scott Colom won a Mississippi Senate seat in a historic upset, beating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. CNN’s Annie Grayer explains how Black women became a key voting bloc in the state. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch page.
Across the South, Black women voters helped usher in a slew of new Democratic officeholders this year in addition to Mississippi Sen.-elect Scott Colom. They powered Keisha Lance Bottoms to a history-making win as Georgia’s first Black governor alongside a slate of Black women who will hold key state offices. They also backed successful Democratic candidates in GOP strongholds, including South Carolina and Texas, by lopsided margins.
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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.
Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s.
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We would like to hear your reaction to Colom’s election win and your hopes for his leadership
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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.
Mississippi elects its first Black senator in 150 years
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