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Democrat Scott Colom wins Senate seat in Mississippi

Democrat Scott Colom wins Senate seat in Mississippi
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881. The race was called more than a week after the midterm elections, after local election officials processed thousands of absentee and provisional...

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