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  "title": "How Scott Colom defied the odds to go from district attorney to Mississippi's Democratic US Senator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/how-scott-colom-defied-the-odds-to-go-from-district-attorney-to",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-11-12T10:00:00.000Z",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/democrat-colom-wins-mississippi-senate-seat-becomes-states-first",
        "published": "2026-11-12T00:11:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Mississippi State QB Kamario Taylor commits to return to the Bulldogs in 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/mississippi-state-qb-kamario-taylor-commits-to-return-to-the-bulldogs",
        "published": "2026-11-12T00:18:16.000Z"
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        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/democrat-scott-colom-seals-historic-win-in-mississippi-senate-race-19600581",
        "published": "2026-11-12T03:49:07.000Z"
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        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/democrat-scott-colom-seals-historic-win-in-mississippi-senate-race",
        "published": "2026-11-12T04:00:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/democrat-scott-colom-seals-historic-win-in-mississippi-senate-race-19600286",
        "published": "2026-11-12T04:39:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Scott Colom unseats Mississippi Senator Hyde-Smith in historic win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/scott-colom-unseats-mississippi-senator-hyde-smith-in-historic-win",
        "published": "2026-11-12T05:38:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S. Senate race in Mississippi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/u-s-senate-race-in-mississippi",
        "published": "2026-11-12T10:02:58.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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