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Pick Another Senator: How The Open Internet Helped Scott Colom Win Mississippi
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The headline splitTechdirt frames it as "Pick Another Senator: How The Open Internet Helped Scott Colom Win Mississippi". Vanity Fair frames it as "Scott Colom, a Black Democratic Senator, Proves You Cannot Dismiss Mississippi, In All It...".
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Pick Another Senator: How The Open Internet Helped Scott Colom Win Mississippi
By now you’ve seen that after over a week of waiting to make sure that every vote was counted, Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the...
Scott Colom, a Black Democratic Senator, Proves You Cannot Dismiss Mississippi, In All Its Historic Complications
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A note to those who doubt the power and hope coursing through a state so many view as powerless and hopeless—and a love letter to the good people there.
