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What is the significance of Tim Scott being the first African-American senator from South Carolina?

  • First since Reconstruction

  • First in U.S. history

  • First Republican

  • First in the 21st century

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Tim Scott is the first African-American senator from South Carolina and the first African-American senator to be elected from the Southern United States since 1881, which was four years after the end of Reconstruction. This highlights the progress made in racial representation in politics.
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