Soros Network, Warren Back Scott Colom With Nearly $30,000 to Flip Mississippi Senate Seat
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Soros Network, Warren Back Scott Colom With Nearly $30,000 to Flip Mississippi Senate Seat
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Summary
Scott Colom’s bid against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith gained public backing from George Soros’ network and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who joined a donor call laying out a path to win in Mississippi.
Nearly $30,000 from Soros family members has gone to Colom this cycle, while adviser Michael Vachon argued the race’s main obstacle is name recognition rather than viability in a state Democrats have not won for Senate in almost 40 years.
Hyde-Smith’s campaign cast the effort as outside liberal interference, while Colom said he is running a grassroots campaign and accused the incumbent of favoring major donors over Mississippians.
That clash echoes Hyde-Smith’s earlier use of a Senate blue slip to block Colom’s judicial nomination under Biden, turning Soros-linked support into a recurring line of attack in the race.
Warren tied a possible Colom upset to a broader Democratic Senate agenda, citing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, anti-gerrymandering measures and D.C. statehood.