Scott Colom was declared the winner of the race for Senate in Mississippi, by the AP. The race was one of the closest in the nation. Almost one million votes were cast, and Colom led Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 4,500 votes.
This is a historic moment in American history!
Senator Hyde-Smith may ask a court to order a recount.
Ironically, Senator Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom when President Joe Biden tried to name him a federal judge. If she hadn’t intervened to block his nomination to the bench, would she have faced a strong candidate? Karma.
More than any other election in the nation, this one was astonishing, amazing, historic.
It’s great that Democrats swept Texas, Arizona, and some other states. It’s great that they gained a majority in both houses of Congress.
But nothing–NOTHING–compares to the election of a Black Senator in Mississippi! This state was the beating heart of the Confederacy. No one thought it would change its political complexion now or in the foreseeable future.
But Mississippi elected Scott Colom to the U.S. Senate.
This was not just an election victory. It’s a dramatic sea change, one that should give hope to Democrats and Black people across the old Confederation.
Welcome to the Senate, Senator Colom!
Spectacular ….an honor to all those freedom riders, SDS, college and community advocates…. There is a River
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