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ICYMI: U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks Joins District Attorney Scott Colom in Jackson to Highlight Mississippi’s Healthcare Crisis

Columbus, MS — In case you missed it, as reported by Mississippi Today’s Taylor Vance, U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) spent Saturday campaigning with District Attorney Scott Colom in Jackson, joining him on the trail to highlight the healthcare fight driving Mississippi's Senate race that is drawing growing national attention....

District Attorney Colom Outraises Hyde-Smith Again in Q2, Nearing $2 Million Raised Since Launch

Columbus, MS — Today, District Attorney Scott Colom announced he raised $945,015 in the second quarter of 2026, outraising the incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and pushing the campaign's total to nearly $2 million since its September launch — a pace no Democratic statewide candidate in modern Mississippi history has matched....

WATCH: Prosecutor Scott Colom Lays Out His Plan to Clean Up Washington, Brings the Receipts on Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Corruption

Columbus, MS — Today, standing outside the Lowndes County Courthouse where he has served as district attorney for a decade, Scott Colom unveiled his agenda to root out corruption in Washington and made a prosecutor's case against Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s role in Washington’s corruption, laying out the receipts on her self-dealing, illustrating how each one connects to a cost to Mississippians, and highlighting...

THIS SATURDAY: District Attorney Scott Colom to Deliver Fourth of July Remarks at the Historic Jacinto Courthouse

Columbus, MS — On Saturday, July 4, District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom will deliver Fourth of July remarks at the Jacinto Fourth of July Festival in Alcorn County....

BY THE NUMBERS: A Year After Hyde-Smith’s Billionaire Tax Break, the Bill for Mississippi Students and Families Comes Due Today

Columbus, MS — One year ago, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for a permanent tax handout for people making over $600,000 a year and sent Mississippi the bill....

WATCH: At Neshoba County Fair, District Attorney Scott Colom Vows to Prosecute the Case Against Corruption in Washington

Columbus, MS — District Attorney Scott Colom brought his campaign for U.S. Senate to Founders Square on Wednesday, using his first address at the Neshoba County Fair to tell voters he is running to be Mississippi's senator rather than simply another vote for his party....

ONE YEAR LATER: The Receipt Cindy Hyde-Smith Sent Mississippi

Columbus, MS — One year ago this week, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for a permanent tax handout for people making more than $600,000 a year, and she sent Mississippi the bill. A year later, the receipt is in....

BY THE NUMBERS: One Year After Cindy Hyde-Smith Voted for the Billionaire Tax Break, It Is Draining More Than $11 Billion From Mississippi’s Medicaid and the Rural Hospitals Families Depend On

Columbus, MS — One year ago this week, Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to hand a permanent tax break to billionaires and helped pay for it by taking nearly $1 trillion out of Medicaid and CHIP nationwide, the largest cut in the program's history. A year later, the receipt is in, and Mississippi is paying the costs....

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...