{"id":"n_dgvu6vsktndihstulzea","seq":10409217,"kind":"article","title":"Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as first black senator since 19th century","url":"https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20261112-mississippi-elects-democrat-scott-colom-as-first-black-senator-since-19th-century","summary":"Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested United States Senate race, after a prolonged ballot counting process – giving the state its first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.","published":"2026-11-12T16:34:21Z","seen":"2026-11-12T19:13:30Z","lang":"en","country":"FR","source":{"id":"rfi","name":"RFI","domain":"rfi.fr"},"via":"rfi","topics":["international"],"authors":["RFI"],"image":"https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/4bf6b938-de2c-11f1-97a3-29048b396e03/w:1024/p:16x9/2026-11-04T061009Z-400192983-RC2NGOAD05HX-RTRMADP-3-USA-ELECTION-MISSISSIPPI.jpg","story":"st_lxiz3eam3vciidwrsx6a","category":"politics","category_p":0.71,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.21,"political":0.47}