Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881.
Mississippi elects first black senator in nearly 150 years Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881. Activists hope his victory marks a historic moment in a state that for decades practiced voter suppression and segregation.
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