# Colom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/1606874 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 5 outlets covering · First listed: CNN, Nov 11, 2026, 8:48 PM · Read it: ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 5:02 PM: [Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction]() — AP (Wire service, United States) - Nov 11, 2026, 5:16 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom elected as Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction]() — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States) Mississippi 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 6:33 PM: [Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States) 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 7:49 PM: [Scott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982]() — Time (Magazine, United States) Colom defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982. - Nov 11, 2026, 8:48 PM: [Colom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction]() — CNN (TV network, United States)