NYT > U.S. News How Mississippi Reached the Verge of Electing a Black Senator Par : Campbell Robertson and Emily Cochrane 8 novembre 2026 à 05:02 The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses. © Rory Doyle for The New York TimesScott Colom, a gregarious district attorney from Columbus, Miss., could become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.