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Looks like they updated the feed since you posted: Colom is the first Black senator to ever be elected in Mississippi
To start in the more distant past, Colom will be Mississippi’s first Black senator since 1881, when Blanche Kelso Bruce, who was born into slavery, ended his single term during the post-civil war Reconstruction era.
But Bruce was elected to the US Senate not in a popular vote, but by Mississippi’s state legislature, in 1874. He then held that seat from 1875 to 1881.
But Bruce was elected to the US Senate not in a popular vote, but by Mississippi’s state legislature, in 1874. He then held that seat from 1875 to 1881.
I meaaaaaan, that's just the normal way it was done prior to the Seventeenth Amendment.
It's still an election; Bruce was still elected, and we still called them "elections". It's just an indirect election by the state legislature, not a direct democratic election. We still call them "papal elections" even though god knows the conclave doesn't consist of 1.4 billion Catholics.
It's not a 1:1 comparison, but that doesn't make Colom "the first Black senator to ever be elected in Mississippi". I don't see where they updated the feed as you claim; it correctly reads: "Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live".
Alaska's on track, too. Hopeful they'll get to 56.
After Hyde-Smith appeared on stage with Trump, Colom’s campaign posted video of her praising the unpopular president with the theme music from Curb Your Enthusiasm added to the clip.
I love this! Gotta wonder just how many knew that track, tho.
This has been an incredibly historical wave. The electorate has collectively spoken. I truly hope Congress can see this for what it is and rescue America from what the 1% have turned it in to.
DID YOU WANT SOME MORE?! WELL HERE’S SOME MORE!