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Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat

Colom becomes Mississippi's first Black US senator since Reconstruction after prolonged ballot count

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Democratic candidate Scott Colom, 43, defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's US Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, the Associated Press projected on Wednesday, making Colom the state's first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

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Mississippi has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations. Colom's victory makes him the state's first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

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Democratic candidate Scott Colom beat Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's US Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, the Associated Press projected on Wednesday.

The victory makes Colom, 43, the state's first Black US senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

The southern US state of Mississippi has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations.

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