Wood County Democratic Party of Wisconsin
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Wood County Democratic Party of WI
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Nov. 11, 2026, 6:00 p.m. ET
“The last Black man to represent Mississippi in the Senate was born into slavery and left office in 1881.
More than a century later, on Wednesday, Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, according to The Associated Press, delivering a remarkable upset and becoming the first Black person to be elected to the Senate in his state since the Reconstruction era.”
“The last Black man to represent Mississippi in the Senate was born into slavery and left office in 1881.
More than a century later, on Wednesday, Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, according to The Associated Press, delivering a remarkable upset and becoming the first Black person to be elected to the Senate in his state since the Reconstruction era.”
In Major Upset, Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Seat
Scott Colom, a Democrat and prosecutor, is the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
