1am ET, November 12 | The latest headlines from NPR
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1am ET, November 12 | The latest headlines from NPR

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 12, 20264 min
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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Democratic Senator, Alex Scott Colombe, says Mississippi Matters.

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All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this. I had the courage to believe in Mississippi. I have the courage to understand that we can show the country that Mississippi matters." Colombe spoke to supporters at Tougaloo College in Jackson Wednesday night after the Associated

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Press called his Senate race in his favor. Colombe narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and will become the first black Mississippi Senator since Reconstruction. He's also the first Democrat to win a Mississippi Senate seat since 1982, and his victory expands

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