[maine-iac7]

You post with the excerpt: “U.S. Sen. Tim Scott easily won the Republican primary in South Carolina on Tuesday, setting up a general election that could make him the state’s first elected black senator.”

and then ask"Am I missing something?"

I'm scratching my head too - Isn't he ALREADY a Senator???? - ahhh - yes.

[RegulatorCountry]

“Elected” is the key word. This is his first.

[TontoKowalski]

The key word in the quote is "elected."

Yes, Scott is a sitting Senator representing South Carolina, but he was appointed to that post by the governor when Sen Jim DeMint resigned his seat. He wasn't elected. That won't happen until November.