# Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction is making a statement. Just look at his sweatshirts > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2544697 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 7 outlets covering · First listed: AP, Nov 12, 2026, 2:16 PM · Read it: ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - 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, 8:48 PM: [Colom Will Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - 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, 8:29 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, 2:16 PM: [Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction is making a statement. Just look at his sweatshirts]() — AP (Wire service, United States, rated Center)