U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi’s only Democrat in Washington, is pushing national Democratic groups to spend more money to support Scott Colom’s closely watched Senate campaign against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, according to Punchbowl News.
Thompson told the news outlet he blames Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the fundraising arm of Senate Democrats, for failing to seize an opportunity in Mississippi.
“I think the DSCC is missing a golden opportunity,” Thompson told the news outlet. “A lot of folks keep asking why Sen. Schumer and the DSCC won’t get engaged on behalf of Scott Colom’s campaign.”
Colom told Mississippi Today in a statement that Democrat Party leaders in Washington, D.C., are starting to understand that Mississippi isn’t a lost cause, something that Mississippians “have known all along.”
“We can win this November if Democrats double down on rebuilding our power in the South by investing in states like Mississippi,” Colom said.
Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom speaks during a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Sarah WarnockMaeve Coyle, a spokesperson for the DSCC, said in a statement that Colom is a strong candidate “who knows how to win tough races, and he’s put Cindy Hyde-Smith on notice in Mississippi.”
The comments from Thompson, Mississippi’s only Black official in Washington, come after the DSCC excluded Mississippi and Colom’s campaign from a $40-million investment in 10 battleground states ahead of the November midterm election.
However, two sitting U.S. senators have visited Mississippi to campaign with Colom, and Schumer attended a fundraiser for Colom this summer. US. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York who leads the DSCC, also hosted a fundraiser for Colom in New York City earlier this month.
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