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Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. The Straits Times World, Channel NewsAsia Latest, and Washington Post Politics are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 11 Nov 2026, 23:48 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 - Democrat Scott Colom won a stunning upset in Mississippi's US Senate race on Wednesday after days of counting, US media projected, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the Southern state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era that followed the US Civil War.
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- First reported by Washington Post Politics
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874
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