Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
Colom’s narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations, and it will echo through the country as well. The outcome adds to a decisive midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, whose party suffered defeats in several Republican-controlled states, and it will bolster some Democrats’ argument that their future runs through the American South.
Congrats Scott and you have an uphill battle with those racist pedo supporters,
Based Mississippi was not something I expected.
Since reconstruction.
Since reconstruction.
Were there any before that?
Just a reminder that this historic win is in spite of the widespread and varied voter suppression tactics, gerrymandering, and other measures Republicans have installed in Southern states to keep themselves in power.
If this were a state with no gerrymanders, enough local polling places and voting machines and open hours and fair voter ID laws and strong ballot and election processes ensuring that ALL its citizens could vote, this win would not be by such a fine margin.
It would be a landslide.
In-state Gerrymander doesn’t matter for the Senate, but otherwise 100% agreed.
Very true, thanks for pointing it out. If I’d thought about it for two more seconds I might have gotten there, lol.
But I think I included it just because gerrymanders tend to decrease turnout in general: if you know your district is going to vote red no matter what, then why bother? But Mississippi voters came out anyway.
This is huge.
So proud of Mississippi, you all did so good against horrible tactics to tip the favor red.
nice protein you got there MS
Thank god for Mississippi
I was born in Pascagoula. I think of myself as Texan because I have one single memory of Mississippi before we moved to Texas, before my 3rd birthday. But I still have family there.
…Family I’ve had to block after they threatened “we have the guns and know where you liberals live”, mind. I love Natchez where I have family… or at least, I used to love until I couldn’t take the racism and tea party bullshit. I’ve mourned the loss of that part of my history since.
I don’t feel like I have my state back, but I am proud of what Mississippi has accomplished this election cycle. And let’s be frank, it was the blacks. Thank you, my fellow Americans - my real Americans. I want to be, like, slightly racial (not racist) and say - hey, I liked Obama as President. I’m happy to have more blacks representing us. And more latino/latina, more from all over who are American like me. <3 <3 <3
(now, just ignore the stupid religious text on there)
The way I see it, Senator Colom has just lifted a terrible curse. He, and everyone who carried him to this triumph, gets their drinks on me if I ever meet them.
Mississippi Goddamn! (I do think even Nina Simone would be pleased.) Well done!
Congratulations and the best of luck to Mississippi Senator-elect Scott Colom!
HELL YEAH!!!
🎉 🥳 🎈 🎈 🎈 🥂 Woo hoo!
This will be fun in the next election’s primaries, when neolibs are trying to tell us who can and can’t win an election, especially in the South.
