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Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1875 after narrow win – US politics live

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The Associated Press now projects that Democrat Scott Colom has been elected to the US Senate to represent Mississippi,

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The AP made the call after Colom’s lead expanded to 4,669 votes on Wednesday.

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Colom will be Mississippi’s first Black senator since 1881, when Blanche Kelso Bruce , who was born into slavery, served

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