Scott Colom, the Black Democrat who claimed a stunning Senate win in Mississippi
Colom was elected after a lengthy ballot-counting process. No Democrat had held this seat since 1982, and no Black person had held it for 150 years in Mississippi, even though the state has the highest proportion of African Americans in the country.
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