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- Country: United States
The Numbers Behind Scott Colom’s Stunning Upset in the Mississippi Senate Race
To win a Senate seat in a highly polarized, deeply Republican state, Scott Colom needed a perfect storm. He got it.
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- Country: United States
How the Supreme Court helped elect Scott Colom
This week’s Deadline: Legal newsletter looks at an unintended consequence of the majority’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. The post How the Supreme Court helped elect Scott Colom appeared first on MS NOW .
- Country: United States
Scott Colom’s election restores my faith in the American future
The child of Holocaust survivors discovered an American future when he was 14, and Mississippi’s new senator gives him renewed hope. -- The post Scott Colom’s election restores my faith in the American future appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
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- Country: United Kingdom
Across racial lines, Mississippians celebrate Scott Colom’s historic election: ‘The times they are a-changin’
Six Americans on their hopes for Colom, 43, Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction Democrat Scott Colom made history this month, becoming Mississippi’s first Black senator since the Reconstruction era after defeating incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. The 43-year-old’s…
- Country: United States
Scott Colom win means Senate Democrats now have four identical twins in their ranks
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress. The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script for the viral “pick…
- Country: United Kingdom
Scott Colom: the Democrat who conquered the reddest of red states
High turnout and viral ads helped propel him to victory in a deeply conservative state that hasn’t had a Black senator since 1881
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- Country: United States
Scott Colom Pushes Back on Schumer After Historic Mississippi Win
Newly elected Democratic Senator Scott Colom is pushing back after Senator Chuck Schumer took credit for his win, refusing to commit to backing him for Senate majority leader next year. Colom told MS NOW’s Symone Sanders-Townsend Thursday that he spoke to Schumer after his victory the day before…
- Country: France
Scott Colom, the Black Democrat who claimed a stunning Senate win in Mississippi
Colom was elected after a lengthy ballot-counting process. No Democrat had held this seat since 1982, and no Black person had held it for 150 years in Mississippi, even though the state has the highest proportion of African Americans in the country.
- Country: United States
Scott Colom’s U.S. Senate win changes the narrative about Mississippi
For the first time, voters in the Blackest state in the country have elected a Black person to a statewide office. The post Scott Colom’s U.S. Senate win changes the narrative about Mississippi appeared first on MS NOW .
- Country: Romania
O victorie cât o răzbunare. Cine este Scott Colom, procurorul democrat care a învins-o în alegeri pe senatoarea care îi blocase cariera de judecător
La 43 de ani, democratul Scott Colom a câștigat un loc în Senatul SUA pentru Mississippi. Fiul a doi avocați, crescut într-o familie implicată în viața publică, a trecut de la justiția locală la o victorie istorică împotriva republicanei Cindy Hyde-Smith, cea care îi blocase nominalizarea ca…