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NEW: 17 Mississippi Mayors Endorse Scott Colom, Growing His Statewide Coalition of Elected Officials to More Than 50

Columbus, MS — Today, District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom announced the endorsement of 17 mayors from communities across Mississippi, along with former Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton, growing the coalition of current and former elected officials backing his campaign to more than 50 statewide....

ICYMI: District Attorney Colom Joins Jon Favreau on Pod Save America as National Attention Grows and Republicans Sound the Alarm on Mississippi Senate Race

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....

ICYMI: District Attorney Colom Joins Jaime Harrison’s “At Our Table” Podcast as National and In-State Observers Continue Taking Note of Mississippi’s Competitive Senate Race

Columbus, MS — In case you missed it, District Attorney Scott Colom recently laid out the case for how Democrats can compete and win in rural and historically red-leaning states like Mississippi during a wide-ranging appearance on former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison's "At Our Table" podcast....

BREAKING: Hyde-Smith Took Campaign Contributions From Fertilizer Companies Now Under DOJ Investigation — As Mississippi Farmers Faced Soaring Costs

Columbus, MS — New reporting out today from American Journal News highlights how Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her affiliated PACs have accepted at least $14,000 from fertilizer industry donors since 2018, including $11,000 from Koch Industries and $3,000 from Nutrien, even as Mississippi farmers face one of the toughest input-cost squeezes in years....

District Attorney Scott Colom Launches Community Goods Drive for Mississippi Families Hit by May 6 Tornadoes

Columbus, MS — District Attorney Scott Colom, candidate for U.S. Senate, today announced a community goods drive to collect essential supplies for Mississippi families recovering from the May 6 tornadoes that tore through Brookhaven, Bogue Chitto, and other communities across southwest Mississippi....

ICYMI: Tightening Mississippi Senate Race Captures National Attention from New York Times, MS NOW in 24-Hour Weekend Stretch

Columbus, MS — In case you missed it, over a 24-hour stretch this weekend the 2026 Mississippi Senate race between District Attorney Scott Colom and Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith drew national media attention from two major outlets, underscoring the race's growing competitiveness following independent polling showing a tightening contest....

ICYMI in The Bulwark: “Don’t Eyeroll” — Why National Democrats Are Taking Mississippi’s Senate Race Seriously

Columbus, MS — Today, In a new deeply reported piece, The Bulwark's Lauren Egan chronicles a day on the campaign trail with District Attorney Scott Colom and lays out, in detail, why a growing list of national reporters, strategists, and Democratic groups are paying close attention to Mississippi's U.S. Senate race — and why, as Egan writes, the eyerolls are starting to fade....

Outside Bankrupt Delta Hospital, Colom Warns Hyde-Smith’s Vote Threatens Rural Hospitals Across Mississippi

Greenwood, MS — Today, with Greenwood Leflore Hospital facing a potential June 15 closure that would cost 425 jobs and force Delta families to drive more than 30 miles for emergency care, District Attorney Scott Colom held a news conference outside the 120-year-old hospital to warn that the forces threatening to shut it down are not contained to Leflore County. Colom argued that...

District Attorney Colom Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Gutting the Voting Rights Act

Columbus, MS — Today, District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, significantly weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the legal protections that have safeguarded the right to vote for sixty years:...

BY THE NUMBERS: What the Hyde-Smith-Backed Billionaire Tax Break Is Costing Mississippi Families and Communities

Columbus, MS — Today, as Mississippians file their taxes, District Attorney Scott Colom laid out a full accounting of what Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's vote for the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is costing the state — in health coverage stripped, teacher raises gutted, and rural hospitals put at risk, all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires....

Sixteen Years After Passage of Affordable Care Act, Cindy Hyde-Smith Has Made Mississippi’s Health Care Crisis Worse

Columbus, MS — Sixteen years ago today, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gave millions of Mississippians access to health coverage they'd never had. Today, that progress is being dismantled — and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has had her hand on the wrecking ball since she arrived in Washington....

VICTORY: District Attorney Scott Colom Wins Democratic Senate Primary, Advances to Face Cindy Hyde-Smith in November: “We’re Going in a New Direction” 

Columbus, MS — District Attorney and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom won the Mississippi Democratic primary tonight, securing his place on the November ballot against incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom, a seventh-generation Mississippian and District Attorney with a 94% conviction record, won an overwhelming majority of the vote, powered by a broad coalition of Mississippians across the state....

ICYMI: Hyde-Smith Billed Nearly $10,000 in Vegas Hotel Stays to Her Campaign — and Voted to Block Legislation That Would Have Made Her Explain Them

Columbus, MS — With one day until Mississippi voters head to the polls, a new report from the Mississippi Free Press adds a devastating layer to weeks of damning coverage of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign finances: the same senator who billed her campaign account nearly $10,000 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas also voted to block the very transparency and anti-corruption laws that...

TOMORROW, MARCH 10: District Attorney Scott Colom To Crisscross Mississippi on Primary Day, Greet Voters at the Polls Before Casting His Own Ballot in Columbus

Columbus, MS — On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, District Attorney Scott Colom will spend Primary Election Day visiting polling locations from South Mississippi to the Golden Triangle, greeting voters across the state before casting his own ballot at his home precinct in Columbus....

TUESDAY AT 7:30 PM: District Attorney Scott Colom Hosts Election Night Watch Party in Columbus

Columbus, MS — On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, District Attorney Scott Colom will host an Election Night watch party for supporters at the James M. Trotter Convention Center in Columbus as Mississippi awaits primary results in the U.S. Senate race. Members of the press are also invited to attend....

Colom: Hyde-Smith’s Dismissive Grocery Cost Comments an “Insult” to Mississippi Families

Columbus, MS — Following widely-circulated remarks by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith telling Mississippians struggling with high grocery costs to simply “eat something else,” District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom released the following statement:...