Scott Colom with former VP Kamala Harris (Photo of Colom from Facebook page / Photo of Harris from AP/Nathan Howard)
- Obama, Buttigieg, Booker, Warnock and now Harris. Scott Colom’s full-throated embrace of national Democrats is uncommon in conservative Mississippi where voters by and large have rejected the progressive social and political platform of the Democratic Party.
The list of national Democrats coming alongside the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in Mississippi in the lead up to the November 3 General Election continues to grow.
Scott Colom’s full-throated embrace of national Democrats is uncommon in conservative Mississippi where voters by and large have rejected the progressive social and political platform of the Democratic Party time and time again.
Former Clinton-era Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy tried a similar playbook in 2020 when he ran against U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, but Espy went on to lose to the Republican by double digits.
Colom’s campaign is attempting to buck history by openly welcoming as many Democrat party leaders as he can down the stretch in hopes that voters, particularly black voters, will be encouraged to go to the polls.
Colom shared Wednesday that former Biden-era Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Mississippi October 22 to stump with the Democrat in Columbus.
Harris was the replacement presidential candidate for Democrats in 2024 after President Joe Biden stepped aside ahead of the party’s national convention. She lost the electoral and popular vote to President Donald Trump, which sent the Republican back to the White House.
In Mississippi, Harris was only able to muster 38% of the vote with Trump winning 61%.
The announcement of Harris coming to the Magnolia State to support Colom’s campaign against Hyde-Smith comes just days after former President Barack Obama appeared in a campaign ad urging Mississippi voters to make a change in D.C. this November.
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Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock is in Mississippi today campaigning with Colom at a rally in Jackson.
Delaware U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, Maryland U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, and New Jersey U.S. Senator Cory Booker have also visited Mississippi in recent weeks campaigning on behalf of their fellow Democrat Colom.
Former Biden-era U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is coming to Mississippi this month as well. The potential 2028 Democrat presidential candidate will campaign with Colom on the Coast on October 27.
Hyde-Smith and Colom will face off on the November 3 General Election ballot. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins is also on the ballot for U.S. Senate.
