November 12, 2026
Heather Cox Richardson's post recounts the night of November 11, 2026, when the Associated Press called Mississippi's Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom and incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded, making him the first Black senator from Mississippi ever elected by the people, and traces the state's history from Hiram R. Revels and Blanche K. Bruce through voter suppression, Emmett Till, and Medgar Evers's murder. Quoting Colom's campaign ad about Evers and his faith-inflected victory speech, she calls the ad one of the most powerful of the campaign, while commenter Phil Balla urges the newly elected Democrats to pursue measures from health care for all to ending the electoral college.
