# Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 Years

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10 outlets covering · First listed: The Atlantic, Nov 12, 2026, 9:14 AM · Read it: <https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/scott-colom-us-senate-democrats/689395/>

Blanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom.

## 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](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQVVhWcG5USS14S1FTbUdWOGtpYjRXSWdoUlJ4Ym95VXFGdnQtdVgyY3pMcjFScHpQc0c3a202TWJVcHp6YjFobDFfRl9Ga01PSGdaTEhZREZXRmtKUFBQY1JWQ0NmTHM2aVZnUVdNS3lPZG5RbDVVdHZFZnBkNmlwNU1Sc21GV1RvY0dwVHlyekd0UFg5aUZlNU1nYkJQZE1Y?oc=5>) — AP (Wire service, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:16 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom elected as Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction](<https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-11-11/democrat-scott-colom-elected-as-mississippis-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?](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/elections/scott-colom-mississippi-black-senators.html>) — 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, 6:39 PM: [Mississippi elects first Democratic senator in 44 years as Dems finally find a winning strategy: Spend nothing and let the other candidate talk beef](<https://fortune.com/2026/11/11/mississippi-senate-race-democrats-beef-prices-scott-colom-cindy-hyde-smith/>) — Fortune (Magazine, United States)
  Scott Colom beat a cattle rancher senator who suggested other proteins as beef prices rose. If Alaska follows, Democrats get to 56 Senate seats.
- Nov 11, 2026, 7:49 PM: [Scott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982](<https://time.com/article/2026/11/12/mississippi-senate-race-scott-colom-cindy-hyde-smith-2026-midterm-elections/>) — 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](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQTjljNEdkQi1qajVsLXZKbkJBZDNZRVVkZUFfcWQtYVBGRkRYaVR6U2c4bUsxUS1XYXhpUTRxSXJMdUxJODd4YnhxdFRiLXZXaUh3NjlWRlFscllKcEczTl9tMnltN1BSaTFrSEtHdWtRbVVsRGVrSVlkSVZYaEJaenRIcU9WUzg0b185eWNoT2NyS2JQSlN0dlhhVEYwOTI3NFh2Mw?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States)
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:31 AM: [Who is Scott Colom, Mississippi’s first Black senator in 150 years?](<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/12/who-is-scott-colom-mississippis-first-black-senator-in-150-years>) — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar)
  Mississippi is home to a large Black American population but no Black person has held a Senate seat since the 1800s.
- Nov 12, 2026, 8:12 AM: [Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators in Mississippi](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmde1y19g19do>) — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom)
  The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.
- Nov 12, 2026, 8:29 AM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins in Mississippi to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction](<https://www.fastcompany.com/91641024/democrat-scott-colom-wins-mississippi-become-states-first-black-senator-since-reconstruction>) — Fast Company (Magazine, United States)
- Nov 12, 2026, 9:14 AM: [Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 Years](<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/scott-colom-us-senate-democrats/689395/>) — The Atlantic (Magazine, United States)
  Blanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom.