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Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives. Colom aims to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white...

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