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Mississippi elects its first African American to US Senate since Reconstruction

Mississippi elects its first African American to US Senate since Reconstruction
France 24 Thursday 12 November 2026, 14:23 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo Mississippi elects its first African American to US Senate since Reconstruction Issued on: Share Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to become Mississippi’s first Black US Senator since Reconstruction. His narrow victory, confirmed on November 11 after prolonged ballot counting, marks a major political shift in the conservative state. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert has more.
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