# How Scott Colom's 'pick another Senator' ad was created > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2524774 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 11 outlets covering · First listed: CNN, Nov 12, 2026, 3:59 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, rated Center) - Nov 11, 2026, 5:16 PM: [Democrat Scott Colom elected as Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction]() — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) 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, 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, 7:49 PM: [Scott Colom Wins Nail-Biter Mississippi Race, Becoming State’s First Democratic Senator-Elect Since 1982]() — Time (Magazine, United States, rated Lean left) Colom defeated incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Mississippi since 1982. - Nov 12, 2026, 4:00 AM: [How Scott Colom defied the odds to go from DA to Mississippi's Democratic U.S. Senator]() — NPR (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left) In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics. - 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, 8:29 AM: [Democrat Scott Colom wins in Mississippi to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction]() — Fast Company (Magazine, United States) - 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, 12:31 PM: [Scott Colom’s Historic Victory]() — The Nation (Magazine, United States, rated Left) Michele Goodwin The Mississippi Democrat’s win is more than a joyous occasion—it’s redemption. - Nov 12, 2026, 3:59 PM: [How Scott Colom's 'pick another Senator' ad was created]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)