I tweeted about Scott Colom–then Democratic leaders’ offices blew up my phone
Eric Michael Garcia's Substack newsletter recounts how, after he tweeted which prominent Democrats had given early to Scott Colom's longshot Mississippi Senate campaign, offices from Chuck Schumer's to Hakeem Jeffries' messaged him to claim credit. Colom defeated Cindy Hyde Smith and will be Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction, and Garcia writes that Schumer and Jeffries, facing caucus rebellions, need the upset as their win while forecasting Jeffries and Schumer will still lead their chambers.
