senator
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But this year, that pattern was shattered as Methodist megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico in Texas won in deeply conservative states that hadn't elected a Democratic senator in decades.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
After winning a close race in Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom will become the state's first black US senator for more than 150 years, and the third in history.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Bass, a Democrat, did express delight with the election results in other parts of the country, particularly in Mississippi, where voters elected the first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
On Wednesday, the Associated Press called Mississippi’s outstanding Senate race, and Scott Colom claimed victory to become the state’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
This sale was part of a deal Jennings had arranged with Daniel Webster, a famous senator from Massachusetts.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Upon arriving in Washington, Revels found his credentials challenged by Democratic senators from Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
The senators calculate that this would cover about 75% of the Social Security’s projected funding shortfall over the next 75 years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
The Senate then holds a trial, with two-thirds of senators present needed to convict and remove the official.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Peña's impeachment passed with 44 out of 45 senators voting in favour of it.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
President Cleveland arrived with his vice president and a retinue of cabinet officials, senators, and military leaders and their wives, children, and friends.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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