Miss. Senate Race - 2026


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Of course recent polls before Election Day have been different than polls on Election Day.

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Democrat in striking distance of flipping state Trump won by 23 points—poll
Story by Andrew Stanton

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith held a 6-point lead over Democrat Scott Colom in a new poll of the Senate race in Mississippi, a state that favored President Donald Trump by more than 20 points in the 2024 election.

Mississippi is not ordinarily seen as a competitive state for Democrats; it’s been one of the most consistently conservative states across the country in recent elections. But Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg have signaled support for Colom, a district attorney, as the party hopes to expand the battleground.

Due to its large Black population, Mississippi has been a high-floor, low-ceiling state for Democrats; they regularly receive more than 40 percent of the vote in the Magnolia State but have struggled to win a majority due to its intense racial polarization. But Democrats hope that a favorable environment, as well as a possible surge in Black turnout across the South, could make this race more competitive than expected.

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But the state has been closer in some other races. In 2020, Hyde-Smith won by 10 points over Democrat Mike Espy, 54 percent to 44 percent. She won by less than 8 points in 2018, about 54 percent to 46 percent.

Its gubernatorial race was also close in 2023, when GOP Governor Tate Reeves defeated Democrat Brandon Presley by only about 3 points.

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Elections forecasters also view the race as less competitive, with the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball both classifying the race as solid or safe for Republicans.
 



Scott Colom says he’ll delete AI-generated Cindy Hyde-Smith ad after AG Fitch threatens legal action​

The Democratic Senate candidate said the threat shows Republicans are sweating the race

Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Friday that Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, likely violated state law with a digital ad that featured an artificial intelligence-generated depiction of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith running away from reporters.

Colom told Mississippi Today he would delete the post because he didn’t want Fitch to launch litigation with taxpayer money. That came after Fitch sent Colom a complaint letter demanding that he remove that ad from his social media accounts. If he did not, the complaint said, the attorney general’s office could file an injunction against him.

“As violations of this election integrity law can carry criminal penalties, Attorney General Fitch has also asked Scott Colom and his campaign to preserve all records related to this matter so as not to obstruct justice,” the statement reads.

In a statement, Colom said that Hyde-Smith is “clearly desperate” and that she and her allies are “once again trying to weaponize the justice system to distract from the real issues, which is that she has sold out our farmers, sold out our small businesses, and sold out our families.”

Mississippi Today
 
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