The Democrat Who Surprised Mississippi

Mississippi sent America's first Black senator to Washington in 1870. Now Scott Colom could become the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction, and its first Democrat elected to the Senate since 1982. CHAPTERS 0:00 Mississippi could make history 0:37 The Count 1:37 The First Door 3:08 The Long Road 3:56 The Prosecutor 4:53 The Incumbent 5:47 The Ballot Fight 7:22 The Rules 8:20 What Happens Next 9:28 The footnote