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Black Democrat Scott Colom eyes an upset over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi
Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney, is within a few points of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in recent Mississippi polling, though no Democrat has won a Senate race in the state since 1982.
Democrat Scott Colom is mounting an unusually competitive challenge to Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, a state where no Democrat has won a U.S. Senate race since 1982 and which President Donald Trump carried by 23 points in 2024.
A poll by the Democratic-aligned firm Change Research released Oct. 22 showed Hyde-Smith leading Colom 43% to 40%. An August Data for Progress survey found the senator ahead 44% to 38%, with independent Ty Pinkins at 7%, and showed half of respondents viewing her unfavorably.
A path through Black turnout
Colom, a district attorney whose district includes Lowndes County in northeast Mississippi, needs a huge turnout from Black voters and about a quarter of the white vote to win, The Washington Post reported.
He has reportedly outraised the incumbent, and prominent Black Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, have campaigned for him. A PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer plans to spend $1.2 million on a new television ad supporting him.
Hyde-Smith, who won a 2018 special election and a full term in 2020, is seeking a second full term in the Nov. 3 election.
Separately, Newsweek retracted an earlier article about the race that cited a Wedgewood Polls survey, after the pollster said its results had been fabricated.
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