Mississippi, hot damn!
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Establishment Dems had written off Mississippi. Then the state elected its first Black senator since Reconstruction.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Noel King.
Mississippi Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) gestures to the crowd after his victory speech at Tougaloo College on Nov. 11, 2026 in Tougaloo, Mississippi. Photo by Aron Smith/Jackson State University via Getty Images.
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