UPDATE: Senate field swells to 17 candidates this morning The election is Nov. 8 Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://tnsne.ws/29XBjwY The Rev. Peter Williams, a Democrat from Lettsworth, said he plans to make history as the state's first black U.S. senator since 1872, when P.B.S. Pinchback was elected, but never seated.'