# Scott Colom makes history in Mississippi. Two other Black men did the same 150 years before him > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2476654 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 9 outlets covering · First listed: AP, Nov 12, 2026, 1:13 PM · Read it: ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 5:01 PM: [Scott Colom wins Senate election in Mississippi]() — PBS NewsHour (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left) Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. - 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, rated Lean left) 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, 7:05 PM: [What makes a reliever of the year?]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) LOS ANGELES — The Baseball Writers Association of America added a new award this season, honoring the top relief pitcher in each league each year. The inaugural winner of the National League Reliever of the Year is Mason Miller in a landslide. The San Diego Padres closer received all 30 first-place votes. His stats tell - Nov 11, 2026, 7:32 PM: [How Scott Colom won Mississippi’s Senate race]() — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left) A changed electorate, a sliver of Trump voters and backlash against the president helped a Democrat win a state Trump carried by 23 points. - Nov 12, 2026, 5:31 AM: [Who is Scott Colom, Mississippi’s first Black senator in 150 years?]() — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar, rated Lean left) 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 from Mississippi]() — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center) The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874. - Nov 12, 2026, 9:14 AM: [Scott Colom Is Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 150 Years]() — The Atlantic (Magazine, United States, rated Lean left) Blanche Bruce would have been proud of Scott Colom. - Nov 12, 2026, 11:45 AM: [Black voters in Mississippi celebrate Colom’s win]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 12, 2026, 1:13 PM: [Scott Colom makes history in Mississippi. Two other Black men did the same 150 years before him]() — AP (Wire service, United States, rated Center)