Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on
Topics: Mississippi Politics
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- ABC News reports: “Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure as he strolled through the Jackson business district where civil rights le…”
- PBS NewsHour reports: “The state is still tallying ballots that could make Colom the first Black senator from this Deep South state since post-Civil War Reconstruction.”
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- ABC News: Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on
- PBS NewsHour: Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on
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