Colom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction

First reported by AP at Wed 5:02 PM · 5 outlets in all

1. CNN1hColom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction
2. Time2hScott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982Colom defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982.
3. New York Times(subscription required)3hScott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?Mr. Revels took his seat two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the union after the Civil War. Mr. Bruce served just before white leaders ushered in the Jim Crow era.
4. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)4hDemocrat Scott Colom elected as Mississippi's first Black senator since ReconstructionMississippi has elected its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction and delivered Democrats a major upset in a rocky midterm election for the GOP.
5. AP4hMississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction