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Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881.

CBS News projects that Democrat Scott Colom will defeat Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the 1800s. Charles Taylor, executive director of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, joins CBS News to discuss the significance of Colom's win.

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Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi Senate race, CBS News projects. Mark Strassmann has more.

The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.

Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s race for U.S. Senate, making Colom the state’s first Black senator elected since Reconstruction and its first Democratic senator in nearly 45 years. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s.

In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics.

The text of what lawmakers are considering isn't always made available for public review before it is voted on. A group of open governance advocates is calling on Senate leadership for a change.

Im konservativen Gliedstaat schien ein Erfolg der Demokraten undenkbar. Doch Colom hat seine Kontrahentin nach allen Regeln der Kunst ausmanövriert. Damit macht er den Erdrutschsieg seiner Partei bei den Zwischenwahlen perfekt.

Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s Senate race, becoming the state’s first Black senator since 1874.

Scott Colom, un procuror democrat în vârstă de 43 de ani, a învins-o pe senatoarea republicană Cindy Hyde-Smith într-o cursă electorală extrem de strânsă, potrivit proiecțiilor presei americane. Rezultatul din Mississippi consolidează majoritatea democraților în Senatul SUA și reprezintă o nouă lovitură pentru președintele Donald Trump, a cărui formațiune a

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In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points, Colom's victory extends a string of Democratic wins in the Senate.

Mr. Revels took his seat two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the union after the Civil War. Mr. Bruce served just before white leaders ushered in the Jim Crow era.

The Democrats now have a 55-44 advantage in the 100-member Senate, with the result of the US Senate race in Alaska yet to be determined.

I lived in Mississippi and have deep family roots there. Here’s why Scott Colom’s election is such a shock.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

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Voor het eerst in 145 jaar lijkt de zuidelijke Amerikaanse staat Mississippi weer een zwarte senator te krijgen. Gewonnen heeft Scott Colom nog niet, de laatste stemmen worden nog geteld. Maar een deel van de inwoners in de staat waar Donald Trump in 2024 zes van de tien stemmen binnenhaalde, slaakt al een zucht van verlichting. "Dit was een geweldige week",

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Senatorul Ioan Rusu a anunţat, luni, în plen, afilierea la grupul parlamentar al Partidului Social Democrat (PSD).

The request came from Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, after Google said it would not turn off artificial intelligence tools for students using its search engine.

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The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.

Nick Cousins redirected a Thomas Chabot shot with 2:18 remaining in the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 4-2 win over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday night.

The first Muslim senator's new committee will let him raise money for other candidates.

The polling booths have barely been packed down after the US midterms, but Washington is already looking ahead to the presidential election.

De laatste Democratische senator uit Mississippi werd gekozen in 1947: John C. Stennis, als ' Dixiecrat ' fel voorstander van de rassenscheiding. Nu heeft een zwarte partijgenoot een significante kans om te winnen in de conservatieve staat. Openbaar aanklager Scott Colom staat momenteel 2010 stemmen voor op zittend Republikeins senator Cindy Hyde-Smith; het

Jan and Judy Johnson, grandparents of Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, join ABC News Live to reflect on his Senate victory, their blended interfaith family and the traditions that bring them together.

From the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and the first Muslim who will join the upper chamber to the Senate's first Paralympian, voters elected historic candidates on Tuesday.

John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, a former United States senator and governor of West Virginia who left a wealthy family background to work among poor communities, has died at the age of 89. Read More: https://punchng.com/former-us-senator-jay-rockefeller-dies-at-89/

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The flurry of letters that Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off on Thursday give a glimpse of the scrutiny facing corporate CEOs and others when Democrats take the majority in January. Blumenthal, set to chair the Senate subcommittee on investigations, made public numerous letters he sent off to various figures, including corporate donors to Donald […]

Rockefeller came from one of the nation's richest families to spend a half century in public service in one of the poorest states.

Jay Rockefeller, who served as West Virginia governor and senator and was the last member of his family's political dynasty, has died at the age of 89.

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All Progressives Congress chieftain in Ekiti State, Senator Ayo Arise, has called on the party’s leadership and stakeholders in the state to unite and work towards securing a landslide victory for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ex-senator-arise-rallies-ekiti-support-for-tinubu/

US senator Jon Ossoff is being touted as a potential presidential candidate following an impressive midterm showing.

Josh Turek, polityk i medalista Igrzysk Paralimpijskich o polskich korzeniach, zostanie senatorem z amerykańskiego stanu Iowa - wynika z prognoz publikowanych przez media. - Lekarze mówili mi i moim rodzicom, że nie będę miał udanego życia. Udowodniłem, że się mylili - powiedział, dziękując swym zwolennikom.

Der Linkspopulist Abdul El-Sayed hat bei den Midterms den Senatssitz aus Michigan für die Demokraten gewonnen. Im Wahlkampf wurde er von J.D. Vance und Donald Trump angegangen. Nach seinem Wahlerfolg teilte er gegen die aktuelle Regierung aus.

Dr. Sarah is the granddaughter of the late J.H. Shamsuddin Jukaku, a lawyer from Bhatkal who served as Deputy Finance Minister in the erstwhile Mysore State government, led by the then Chief Minister B.D. Jatti, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

A woman accused of stalking and threatening WA Greens senator Jordon Steele-John is ordered to stay away from him.

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The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at the state's long track record of voting Republican and what was different in this year's election.

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