Don’t Be So Surprised That Mississippi Turned Blue
Scott Colom, the first Black U.S. senator ever elected by Mississippians, traces his lineage in the state back seven generations, to when the nation was forging its foundation on the backs of stolen Black people. He waged a campaign set on showing that “Mississippi matters,” which many registered more as a question than a declaration, doubting whether a Black man and a Democrat could win the seat. During the most expensive election cycle in U.S.