‘Mississippi matters’: Scott Colom aims to turn Mississippi blue
The Democrat is challenging incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith for US Senate On Tuesday, with just one week until the election, Scott Colom’s headquarters was buzzing. Volunteers arrived for phone-banking, while staffers prepared for another day of campaigning. Colom, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith for US Senate, had just held a press conference in Corinth, Mississippi. Trump campaigned for Hyde-Smith in Corinth, a small city near the Tennessee border that typically leans Republican on Tuesday, too. He told attendees that he was there “because Cindy’s doing great, but I just got to make sure. I can’t take a chance.” Other prominent Republicans in the state attended and spoke at the rally, including the governor, Tate Reeves, who told attendees in the nearly full arena that “this is the most important election of our lives”. Colom’s press…