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First Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent
Defeating Cindy Hyde-Smith makes the 43-year-old district attorney the first Black Mississippi senator elected since Reconstruction. Plus, the South Korean scarf vendor who has gone viral for telling people not to buy Good morning.
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The 43‑year‑old district attorney Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde‑Smith, becoming the first Black senator from Mississippi elected since Reconstruction. Colom’s victory marks a historic partisan shift in the traditionally Republican state. The election result was reported alongside a viral South Korean scarf vendor who has been urging people not to purchase a certain product, though the vendor’s commentary is unrelated to the Senate race.
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