But Bruce was elected to the US Senate not in a popular vote, but by Mississippi’s state legislature, in 1874. He then held that seat from 1875 to 1881.

I meaaaaaan, that's just the normal way it was done prior to the Seventeenth Amendment.

It's still an election; Bruce was still elected, and we still called them "elections". It's just an indirect election by the state legislature, not a direct democratic election. We still call them "papal elections" even though god knows the conclave doesn't consist of 1.4 billion Catholics.

It's not a 1:1 comparison, but that doesn't make Colom "the first Black senator to ever be elected in Mississippi". I don't see where they updated the feed as you claim; it correctly reads: "Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live".

10 more and they can bypass vetos!

Everyone can see it for what it is. Lots of people are being paid very well to not see it. Republicans and Centrist democrats.

It's worth looking into how far Reconstruction got before it was rolled back by (among other things) a concerted terrorist movement. There were plenty of black politicians throughout the south during Reconstruction

There were a lot of Black people elected to office in the South before everything was clawed back. It lasted about two minutes.

Actually they weren't elected before. They were appointed by the State Legislatures back then.

The only reason Alabama isn't is the worst state is because Mississippi exists.

But I'm not really sure why, since they've got the highest percentage of black people of any state. Well, any real state.

Amazingly, both were Republicans. That was when the Democrats were the racist party.