Favreau hosted Colom for a wide-ranging conversation on his Mississippi-first campaign, the prosecutor’s case against Cindy Hyde-Smith, and why a Democrat can win in a state Donald Trump won by 23 points — WATCH HERE
The interview comes as Mississippi Republicans grow openly anxious about the race, with the state GOP chairman warning his own party not to get comfortable
District Attorney Colom on Pod Save America: “You can’t save America unless you save Mississippi”
WATCH: Scott Colom with Jon Favreau on Pod Save America, May 29, 2026
Columbus, MS — In case you missed it, District Attorney Scott Colom joined Jon Favreau on Pod Save America, one of the most popular political podcasts in the country, for a wide-ranging conversation about why a seventh-generation Mississippian and three-term prosecutor is running for Senate, the case against Cindy Hyde-Smith, and why this race is more competitive than some national political observers assume.
The conversation, published May 29, lands as Mississippi Republicans openly warn one another not to take the race for granted. A recent independent poll put Colom within three points of Hyde-Smith, and Democratic primary turnout was up nearly 90 percent since the 2024 primary election. National observers have taken note, from The New York Times to The Bulwark to MS NOW, and so have Republicans. Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst recently pointed to the Democratic primary surge as a reason his own party cannot sit back.
“I’ve been telling our state central committee at the Mississippi Republican Party, I’ve been telling any voter that I meet, any folks that we’re out talking to, that we can’t sit back, we can’t have this comfortable mentality that Mississippi is just a red state and we win every time,” Hurst recently said on SuperTalk Mississippi, pointing to the recent Democratic primary turnout for the Senate race.
See select conversation highlights from Scott below:
Hosted by Jon Favreau
May 29, 2026
- On why he is running: “I’m not going to DC to be the Democratic senator. I’m not. We’re not a state that can afford that. Mississippi’s got 3 million people. California’s got close to 50 million. You guys got two senators. We got two senators. We have to use that to bring resources and jobs and opportunities to Mississippi. And our current junior senator, she’s betrayed that. She’s totally betrayed that. The people of Mississippi know it. And that’s why they’re going to go in a new direction this November.”
- On the case against Hyde-Smith: “I call her Cindy High Prices, because all we got is high prices from her. She’s a part of the corruption. She’s gotten campaign contributions from fertilizer companies that are under investigation for price fixing. Those same fertilizer companies are really hurting our farmers… One of the former Republicans told me, ‘When I heard about her going to Las Vegas, [spending] $10,000 in campaign contributions to stay at a luxury hotel and eat at luxury restaurants, that reminds me of the corruption we’re seeing in DC.’”
- On Hyde-Smith’s absence from the state: “She hasn’t done a town hall in six years. She does not campaign. Her only strategy is scare tactics. 30-second commercials to scare the voters.”
- On how Democrats need to campaign in rural areas: “We can’t advertise our way out of this problem. We’ve got to go back and touch voters. We’ve got to gain their trust… I don’t know any Senate campaign that campaigns more than me. It’s three events every Saturday, and I love voters. I go to the festivals, I go to the housing projects, I pull up at the union halls, go to the plants. We’ve got to go to the voters and we’ve got to gain their trust.”
- On what voters are telling him: “I had a waiter at a restaurant. He said, ‘What matters to me is the drug prices are up, because I’m on Medicaid and I had to get worse insurance. Now I’m paying more to get less. I’m struggling.’ But he told me, ‘I’ve never voted before. I’m going to vote for you because you center voters.’”
- On what he will do once elected: “I’m not going there to be a celebrity. I’m going there to deliver for Mississippi… what I want to do is find issues that Republicans already support. Economic development is a big thing in Mississippi. How do we bring in industries, develop capital, get our state moving in the right direction?… That’s why I support a ban on stock trading. That’s why we can’t have people become lobbyists right after they’re senators. We’ve got to get rid of the corruption and the perception of it.”
- On what this race means for the country: “You can’t save America unless you save Mississippi. We have to matter… rural America matters. We have to have candidates who understand rural America, who are not afraid to talk to former Republican voters, and people who are not scared to talk to folks who don’t even know who their senator is.”
→ Watch the full conversation HERE.
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About Scott: Scott Colom is a seventh-generation Mississippian, proud husband and father of two, and district attorney who fights every day to keep Mississippians safe. Guided by his Christian faith, Scott has dedicated his life to serving his neighbors and keeping them safe from violent criminals. Now he’s running to lower costs for families, save our Mississippi hospitals, and bring good jobs home. Scott loves his state and will always put Mississippi first – and he’ll work with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to get things done for us.