Posted on 11/04/2014 7:58:28 PM PST by Lorianne
South Carolina's Tim Scott on Tuesday became the first African-American senator to win election in the South since Reconstruction.
The Palmetto State Republican was appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley to the office after former Sen. Jim DeMint resigned in November 2012.
In this year's midterms, he outlasted Democratic challenger Joyce Dickerson.
The election was only to fill the last two years of DeMint's term. Scott will have to run again in 2016 in order to earn a full six-year term.
Scott's win also made him the first African-American in U.S. history to be elected to both the House and the Senate.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted congratulations to Scott on Tuesday night, noting his "historic win."
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God bless the Senator and God bless South Carolina.
can’t be....republicans are racist! :)
I know. Voters must have thought he was Scottish ... can’t be any other explanation.
Wonderful news! Outstanding!
I should know but I do not so let me ask: Is he a good conservative?
What a fine conservative Sen. Scott is! Congratulations to the voters of South Carolina for their impeccable judgment.
He seems pretty solid, but you never know about any candidate until they get in there.
Your welcome
"No way those Tea Partiers would vote for a black man."
"What did you say.... he's is a Tea Partier?!"
More GOP war on women, now we have a Joyce who joins Girl Nunn, Wendy Davis and Mary Burke as casualties.
Then count me in.
One of the most positive people in the Senate in quite some time. My favorite.
Not only a repudiation of Obama, a repudiation of his Demagogic Party.
> Scott’s win also made him the first African-American in U.S. history to be elected to both the House and the Senate.
And all of the south according to Mary Landrieu.
Very happy with his win. We met him at a lecture. He gave the most inspiring speech. I think he is a rising Republican star.
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