A history-making Black governor can’t believe Mississippi’s Senate election

The Washington Post · Gregory S. Schneider · 2026-11-06 14:45 UTC

L. Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of any state since Reconstruction, is shocked to see Mississippi on the verge of electing a Black senator.

Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder in Richmond in January. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

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