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In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction

by Meg Kinnard
| October 29, 2020 8:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has since Reconstruction.

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