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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 Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner said he became aware of the issue in early 2026 after talking to Mississippi landowners, economic developers and others in the construction industry.