Scott Colom becomes Mississippi's 1st Black Senator since 1874

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race in US, making him the state's first Black senator since 1874. Colom is the first Democrat to win the Senate seat in Mississippi since John Stennis in 1982. The last ⁠Black candidate ​elected to Mississippi's Senate was former slave Blanche Bruce in 1874, who served as Senator till 1881.