U.S. Senator-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) speaks during a victory rally at Tougaloo College on Wednesday in Tougaloo, Mississippi. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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Senator-elect Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi is a history-making political upset. He’s not only the first Democrat to win a senate seat in the state since 1982 but he’ll also be the state’s first Black U.S. senator since the 1870s.
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