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Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race

Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi, delivering a shock victory for the party in a deeply conservative state that has elected Republicans for decades.

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Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi, delivering a shock victory for the party in a deeply conservative state that has elected Republicans for decades. Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.

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