Colom’s historic Senate win could reshape Mississippi’s political future: Analysis
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Summary
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in a close Mississippi Senate race, becoming the first Black person elected to represent the state in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction. Colom campaigned on raising wages, protecting rural hospitals, and addressing living costs.Key Facts
- Colom defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
- The close race took more than a week to call.
- Colom is the first Black senator elected in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.
- Mississippi elected Black senators Hiram Rhodes Revels and Blanche Kelso Bruce during Reconstruction.
- After Bruce left office in 1881, Mississippi went nearly a century and a half without another Black senator.
- Mississippi's 1890 constitution imposed poll taxes and literacy requirements that obstructed Black voting.
- Colom campaigned on raising wages, protecting rural hospitals, and addressing the cost of living.
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