Mississippi elects Scott Colom, first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction
When I saw the numbers from Hinds County, I paused. It is not just that these voters would have been disenfranchised for no reason. It is that they would have been denied the chance to be part of history. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-sp...
Jane Doe Barbie20You & your team are one of the biggest unsung heroes of this election. Thank you
Lizzie Borden13The improper purging of the voter rolls caused tens of thousands to miss work to cure their ballots. That's a poll tax. This may well be the most successful voter suppression gambit executed yet. If Colom was behind, and trying to overtake a red Mirage lead, this could easily have made him lose.
Lissie9Thank you, Marc and Team. 💙
Kathy8It's been a long road but Mississippi made history thanks IIn part to you! Congratulations on this victory!
Kathy7We need to have a parade in your honor after all this, we wouldn't be here, were it not for you. Thank you for your endless dedication to our democracy!
miracleman06.bsky.social6Colom '06 Great job as usual, Mark Elias and the Democracy Docket Team.
Scott Colom refused to throw trans kids under the bus and wound up winning an election to the Senate over the anti-trans bigot who stopped him. IN MISSISSIPPI.
Matt68"In an October 2026 interview . . . Scott Colom stated: 'I have two daughters. I believe in fairness in girls' sports, and I don’t believe in gender-affirming surgery for children.'” Seems to be an elastic standard for what counts as "throwing trans kids under the bus."
Joe Flaherty55I don’t think it’s fair to say he refused to throw them under the bus, more that he didn’t emphasize doing it. bsky.app/profile/heat...
Jenna32i think we have different definitions of “refused”
Roasted Garlic & Herb Paoli30That's flat out not true; he blew the same dogwhistles as nearly every other freshman dem senator
Allison Whitney24Colom still did the “no trans girls in sports” bit under questioning. He just said he’d uphold the law. Upholding the law is a good thing but that shouldn’t be confused with support. “No trans girls in sports” is still pretty terrible and a door opening for transphobia.
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈23He called us slurs and said we should be segregated.
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈143If only that were true.
Funksta Uzz35Not only did Colom throw trans people under the bus like Talarico did, but much like Talarico, he also praised the GOP's racist policies by saying last week, "Trump did a good job securing the border". Colom followed it up a few days ago with, "I agree with Pres. Trump, we need a secure border"
now featured in the criterion collection21i mean, he fought for trans kids in the legal arena, so that's a plus, but then on the campaign trail he also bought into anti-trans framing, calling trans girls "biological boys", so i wouldn't say he *refused* to throw trans kids under the bus more a nudge. magnoliatribune.com/2026/07/17/m...
Formerly Libraryben on Twitter15Anti-trans politics aren’t winning. People engage in it because they are bigots. Full stop.
Jeff Hauser3The neolib lie is constantly exposed! Hinojosa had such a great record in the Texas state legislature as well! therevolvingdoorproject.org/hinojosas-hi...
Scott Colom's closing ad showed him walking through the house were Medgar Evers was assassinated.
Desarrayed117No one “”plays the people of color” card except aggrieved white people who resent people of color succeeding
aaron39i didn’t know medgar evers so i checked out his wikipedia and they put him storming the beach at normandy on dday in his early life and education section, goddamn this guy must have been a legend. he liberated france and then he was like damn, we should liberate america
flatline42.bsky.social37@kevinmkruse.bsky.social pointed out that Liu is... well... *gestures* bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Hal 1000031That ad genuinely got me choked up. I can only imagine what it meant to Black people. So happy he won.
kjb17Democrats need to put his team in charge of all messaging. Best campaign ads across the board from funny to moving and always pointed.
Boop! ⁷14See. The issue here isn’t that white working-class people were framed as enemies of progress. The issue is that more than half of those white working-class people have SHOWN themselves to BE enemies of progress. Voting against policies that would help THEM because they don’t want to help others
Radley Balko211Just remembered that when Colom did his interview with Chris Hayes the other night, he was wearing a shirt with a Bob Moses quote.
Mark Copelovitch78👇🎯 Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. No, not even on the opinion pages.
AdotSad25Colom's ad was a masterclass but its great because of how it connects Evers' assassination with Colom's work as a DA. I don't think it was "woke" in the way people would normally use the term.
Liv5He also did a parody of Sinners with his actual twin brother. With a Cindy lookalike as the vampire.
The Bi of Hormuz2Sorry, meant to link Balko's tweet. Colom invoking Medgar Evers is a powerful acknowledgement of the role of race in the politics of the south. bsky.app/profile/radl...
Scott Colom achieved what once seemed impossible. Not only has he won, but Mississippi has won. America has won. And so to have the civil rights activists who gave their lives for this moment — including Medgar Evers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & my friend Mickey Schwerner.
Christian Petersen4As we move beyond these historic midterms, let's take a moment to think about the lessons that we learned...
Christian Petersen3If we keep pushing, there's no telling what we can achieve.
Forever, Forever3(202) 224-3121 Keep calling your reps! Colom's win solidifies our mandate to pass Medicare for All No one thought Colom could win And that's why it worked... We need your voice, your energy to meet this moment. Sign the petition to support Ayanna Pressley as speaker! c.org/Ts5CdfjM5g
Marge von Marge2Finally the news we'd been waiting for all week! Colom's win is a massive mandate for true democracy in the south!
spursj69.bsky.social1Ban these ⬇️ insurrectionist loser Insignia
MC Wright1Too bad he is ready to throw Trans people under the bus.
In 1961, the Tougaloo 9 were arrested during a sit-in at a “white” library in Mississippi. Yesterday, Scott Colom celebrated his Senate victory at Tougaloo. Our history marks how democracy moves forward. Learn a piece of it you may never have learned about: joycevance.substack.com/p/its-offici...
Polly Dogood6A fine thing to mark. On 27 March 1961 the nine went first to the "colored" branch and asked for books they knew it did not have. Then they walked into the main library and sat down to read. The court called it a breach of the peace. Nine students, reading quietly.
queeniam.bsky.social2A well stated reminder of our country’s history~ thank you for sharing…
Scott Colom won by 4,740 votes.Thou shalt never let anyone tell you your vote doesn’t matter.
Susan Gross2This times A MILLION!! But let's also get to discarding the electoral college because THAT is some bullshit right there. One person, one vote. Don't you agree, God?
Dee 🇺🇸🐸+🐸=💪2I hope everyone now understands that democrats outnumber republicans. It’s all a matter of maximizing voter turnout.
Doobs1Even after the f*ckery with the provisional ballots. Only high voter turnout overcame that.
nigelgraeme.bsky.social1Excellent news! I've been closely following this ,and the race in Alaska, all week.
This Mississippi mom talking about what Scott Colom winning means for parents and kids across Mississippi is so powerful and represents what so many parents in “deep red” states feel.
Steven Evangelista7Wow. Those campaign ads, and this comment, are just amazing. They are what I thought America was when I was a little kid: brilliant, brimming with hope and opportunity, seeking liberty and justice for all.
Horseshoe Theory Enthusiast5Raised my kid in SC and was thrilled she left for a lot of same reasons she described
~<《🅕🅛🅨》>~3Scott Colom should record her interview and play it back whenever things get hard. Wow, what an incredible endorsement for a politician to receive. Mom knows best.
Fossilized Opossum2White supremacy is a destructive, repressive ideology on par with all the others you've been taught to fear and revile.
NEW: Just how much did Stacey Abrams and her org Fair Fight Action contribute to Scott Colom’s victory—and the other high profile wins by Dems in the South? We bring you the details of the years-long ground game that built on losses to achieve this year’s wins: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Funkybat - Kevin W.2I give Stacy Abrams and other grassroots southern organizers the credit for these wins. It disgusts me to see Schumer or Jeffries try to claim ANY credit for this success. They left most of these folks out in the cold when it counted.
Beachbard2All the flowers go to Stacey Abrams & her team for demonstrating that the Dems blew it when they abandoned the 50-state strategy, declaring some states "unwinnable" leaving crucial Congressional seats, state legislatures & governorships to GOP. Years of unacknowledged effort created an "upset."
Eulabella ABOLISH ICE1Stacy Abrams is a gift we must lift up and treasure.
In hindsight, Colom campaigning with Pete Buttigieg in Biloxi (which is 61.4 percent white) and in Tupelo with Bill Clinton should have shown us Scott Colom was playing to win. mississippitoday.org/2026/10/27/p...
Leslie_Beemer111100 people came to their rally, which was electric! Buttigieg and Colom appeared on CNN together after the event - giving Colom national exposure in prime time. Buttigieg also had him on his regular call for grassroots donors in September. youtu.be/26enVwUcfGQ?...
Cooper Hamilton2A Black man and a gay man walk into Biloxi and, WTF, some (small #) of white people decide to vote for the Black man. Who knew?
EuphoricFuzion🕯️2I knew he was the man to do the thing 6 months ago. How? The illustrious @symonedsanders.bsky.social told us. She is not wrong.
Tim™️1So, who best read the tea leaves correctly this midterm with their support and who whiffed? I’m wondering who saw their stock rise and who saw it fall. Top 3 people for good and bad, what would you say?
bubba23on the flip side with this, buttigieg has been putting in serious campaign legwork in a way probably not immediately evident to people On Here, I think there is going to be some shock with how much support he'll come out the gate with once primary szn kicks up
yoclockface15Clearly he was. Also we see the heart of the party is folk like Harris, Abrams, Clinton and Buttigieg far more than some other attention seekers. A Democratic party win.
