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Scott Colom U.S. Senate — Mississippi Likely R First run
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U.S. Senate — Mississippi · First run

Scott Colom

Scott Colom is the district attorney for Mississippi's 16th Judicial District. He won the March 10 Democratic primary with about 73% of the vote and faces Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and independent Ty Pinkins in November. Recent polls show Hyde-Smith ahead by about 3 to 6 points, and Cook rates the race Likely Republican.

On the ballot against Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Why it matters: Democrats are trying to flip a deep-red seat. Sabato's Crystal Ball moved the race from Safe Republican to Likely Republican, and outside groups have spent millions on both sides.

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The race at a glance

Race ratingLikely RCook Political Report, Oct 27 source
Latest poll Colom 40% 43% Hyde-Smith 17% undecided or other Change Research (D), Oct 21-22, 2026, 842 LV. source
Money raised (through Oct 14) Colom$4,400,890 Hyde-Smith$6,279,659 $1,018,717 cash on hand. source

Where Scott stands

Health care
Colom says he would vote to cancel Medicaid cuts, restore ACA tax credits, and restore federal ACA funding to encourage Mississippi to expand Medicaid. source
Costs and wages
He opposes tariffs, backs raising the federal minimum wage and tying it to the cost of living, and proposes ending federal income tax for Mississippians earning under $75,000. source
Data centers and Big Tech
He calls for pausing new data center construction until companies pay for their own power and water and disclose their deals, and he wants local communities to have the final say. source
Government ethics
He would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children, and work to overturn Citizens United. source
Public safety
He supports better pay and tools for law enforcement, border security and immigration enforcement, and points to his record as a prosecutor. source

The record

  • Elected District Attorney of Mississippi's 16th Judicial District in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 and 2023.
  • Earlier worked as a staff lawyer at the Mississippi Center for Justice, a justice court judge, an Aberdeen municipal judge and a Columbus city prosecutor.
  • President Biden nominated him to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2022. Hyde-Smith withheld her blue slip, and the nomination was returned in January 2024.
ConfidentialThe GOP File

The file on Cindy Hyde-Smith

  • Hyde-Smith withheld her blue slip on Colom's 2022 nomination to the federal bench in northern Mississippi, and the nomination was returned in January 2024. source
  • Hyde-Smith won the March 10, 2026 Republican primary with 80.8% of the vote and has been endorsed by President Trump. source

Endorsed by

Barack ObamaKamala HarrisRep. Bennie ThompsonMississippi AFL-CIOThe Commercial Dispatch

On tape

Can't pay for groceries or health bills with lies. Scott Colom spoke during an interview on MS NOW, claiming that the high cost of groceries and gas is due to the GOP's policies, including high sales taxes and tariffs. He stated that 400,000 Mississippians do not have health insurance and that 200,000 are losing coverage because a joint senator voted for federal support to go away.Oct 26Scott Colom says the president made $2.2 billion last year, mostly from crypto, and says it's time to debateOct 23Colom: Hyde-Smith hasn't held a town hall in six years and won't take questionsOct 21Colom: 200,000 Mississippians lost health insurance this year, and he says a vote caused itOct 21

In the files

Profile sources: 1, 2, 3, 4

Race data checked Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Quotes on this page were matched word for word against their sources.