Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 Years

First reported by AP at Wed 5:02 PM · 10 outlets in all

1. The Atlantic(subscription required)41mMississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 YearsBlanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom.
2. Fast Company1hDemocrat Scott Colom wins in Mississippi to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction
3. BBC1hBefore Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators in MississippiThe Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.
4. Al Jazeera4hWho is Scott Colom, Mississippi’s first Black senator in 150 years?Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s.
5. CNN13hColom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction
6. Time14hScott 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.
7. Fortune(subscription required)15hMississippi elects first Democratic senator in 44 years as Dems finally find a winning strategy: Spend nothing and let the other candidate talk beefScott Colom beat a cattle rancher senator who suggested other proteins as beef prices rose. If Alaska follows, Democrats get to 56 Senate seats.
8. New York Times(subscription required)15hScott 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.
9. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)16hDemocrat 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.
10. AP16hMississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction