‘Mississippi matters’: Scott Colom aims to turn Mississippi blue
Summary
Democrat Scott Colom is challenging Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1982. The race drew increased national attention and spending after Donald Trump campaigned for Hyde-Smith, while Colom appealed to voters by arguing they have not received what they were promised.Key Facts
- Trump campaigned for Hyde-Smith at a rally in Corinth, Mississippi, one week before the election.
- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee did not include Colom in its $40 million investment announced in August, but national Democrats began campaigning for him in the state in October.
- Colom said national Democrats had previously conceded Mississippi and that his campaign aimed to challenge that approach.
- Colom spoke with people waiting to attend Trump’s rally and criticized the gap between voters’ expectations and outcomes on grocery prices, wars, and the release of the Epstein files.
- Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 and has not elected a Black person to the Senate since 1875.
- Colom became the first Black district attorney for Mississippi’s 16th circuit after winning election in 2015.
- Hyde-Smith has served in the Senate for eight years; she has not sponsored legislation, though she has co-sponsored 32 bills that became law.
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