Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi
4 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 28.
An outside group's ad features an Epstein survivor attacking Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith over a 2025 vote. It adds to a late fight in a state Trump won by about 23 points in 2024.
At a Mississippi rally eight days before the midterms, President Trump said Iran started the war with the United States. His own words from February, and from June 2025, tell a different story while gas prices remain far above where they were before the war.
Both parties are pouring late money into a Senate race in a state Trump won by 23 points in 2024. Democrat Scott Colom is betting Black turnout and anger at Trump can narrow the gap.
Trump is spending a late-October evening in one of the nation's most reliably Republican states, a sign the GOP is defending ground it once thought safe. Democrats need to flip four Senate seats to win control.
