Mississippi Senate Set for Hyde-Smith-Colom Race; Georgia House to Runoff

Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic district attorney Scott Colom advanced to the general election for the state's U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, setting up a contest for the November 2026 midterms in a race marked by personal and political tensions. Meanwhile, in Georgia, a special election to replace former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene headed to a runoff between Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller, highlighting divisions within the GOP and the party's narrow House majority.

Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican, defeated challenger Sarah Adlakha in her primary, while Colom secured the Democratic nomination by beating Priscilla Till and Albert Burtnett. The matchup revives a prior clash: Three years ago, then-President Joe Biden nominated Colom for a federal district judgeship, but Hyde-Smith blocked it by withholding her blue slip approval. She cited funding Colom received from a political action committee backed by George Soros during his first district attorney campaign, as well as his signature on a 2021 letter opposing efforts to criminalize transgender healthcare.

"Scott Colom is wrong for Mississippi. He's Biden's pick, not ours,"...