{
  "id": 19679590,
  "title": "Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as first black senator since 19th century",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/mississippi-elects-democrat-scott-colom-as-first-black-senator-since",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T16:34:21.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20261112-mississippi-elects-democrat-scott-colom-as-first-black-senator-since-19th-century"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested United States Senate race, after a prolonged ballot counting process – giving the state its first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Meet Scott Colom, Mississippi's first Black senator since 1881",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/meet-scott-colom-mississippis-first-black-senator-since-1881",
        "published": "2026-11-12T14:29:51.000Z"
      }
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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."
}