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Democrat Scott Colom won a Senate seat in Mississippi, becoming the state's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Reports detail his victory over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, reactions from figures like Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer, and the coalition behind his campaign. Colom also addressed his stance on Senate leadership following the election.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that Scott Colom won the Mississippi Senate race as a Democrat, making history as the state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and NBC News focused on Colom pushing back against Chuck Schumer regarding Senate leadership and his approach to the upcoming fight for majority leader. The Right-leaning Washington Examiner highlighted Colom's identical twin, while Center outlets like The Hill focused on Donald Trump's comments giving Colom credit for campaigning at a MAGA rally. Left outlets such as The Guardian, Axios, and Vox emphasized the historic nature of the Mississippi election and the grassroots coalition behind the campaign.
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Trump on Colom’s Mississippi Senate win: ‘I give him a lot of credit’
President Trump reacted Thursday to Sen.-elect Scott Colom’s (D) upset victory in the Mississippi Senate race, giving credit to the Democrat for his efforts to win over Republican voters. “I don’t know the gentleman, but I give him credit,” Trump told sports commentator Stephen A. Smith in an interview at the White House. “I had…
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Source context: Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress. The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script fo…
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Behind the Mississippi senator-elect’s victory is a coalition of groups that didn’t have a lot of money, but had collective power and post-Callais angerLong before national political leaders and media were paying any attention, long before the Louisiana v Callais supreme court decision gutted the Voting Rights Act, Mississippi organizers were working to…
Newly elected Democratic Senator Scott Colom is pushing back after Senator Chuck Schumer took credit for his win, refusing to commit to backing him for Senate majority leader next year.Colom told MS NOW’s Symone Sanders-Townsend Thursday that he spoke to Schumer after his victory the day before and “thanked him for his part in making this happen.” Colom…
Mississippi, a state with the largest share of Black residents in the country, has elected its first Black U.S. senator in nearly 150 years.Why it matters: For generations, Black Mississippians left the state to escape Jim Crow and pursue economic and political opportunities elsewhere.Now, Mississippi faces a new question: Was Scott Colom's victory a…
In January 1870, the Mississippi Legislature elected Hiram R. Revels to take the seat vacated when Albert Gallatin Brown resigned from the Senate.
Eric Foner As Mississippi sends its first Black senator to Washington since Reconstruction, historian Eric Foner profiles the man who went first.
To win a Senate seat in a highly polarized, deeply Republican state, Scott Colom needed a perfect storm. He got it.
His Senate victory is the result of decades of work across generations.
On Wednesday, Mississippi’s Senate race was officially called for Democrat Scott Colom, who will become the first Black person to represent the state in the US Senate since Reconstruction, more than 140 years ago. Colom’s win is a stunning, historic upset — and for many Black Democrats, like Rep. Bennie Thompson, it’s been a long…
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) joins Meet the Press to discuss who he might support for Senate leader between Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and new challenger Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
Scott Colom made reaching out to Trump supporters central to his U.S. Senate campaign in Mississippi.
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President Trump reacted Thursday to Sen.-elect Scott Colom’s (D) upset victory in the Mississippi Senate race, giving credit to the Democrat for his efforts to win over Republican voters. “I don’t know the gentleman, but I give him credit,” Trump told sports commentator Stephen A. Smith in an interview at the White House. “I had…
In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom won his longshot bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom's victory is a stunning reversal in the deeply conservative state that hasn't been represented by a Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Liz Landers reports.
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Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress. The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script for the viral “pick another protein” campaign ad that mocked…
