What’s Up With the Mississippi Miracle-in-Progress as Scott Colom Inches Toward Victory?
Michael Sellers's essay examines Scott Colom's narrow 1,138-vote lead over Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's 2026 Senate race, still too close to call with absentee ballots outstanding, in a state no Democrat has won a Senate seat in since 1982. The piece traces Colom's record, the judicial nomination Hyde-Smith blocked, the viral "pick another protein" ad, and Sellers's view that his near-victory shows political assumptions can outlive the conditions that made them.
