Scott Colom widens lead in Mississippi Senate race
Scott Colom who we just had on, another example! Not hiding out from the media, scared he's gonna say the wrong thing. He's out there communicating. Really good to see.
Peter Sagal76But: it’s the most unforgiving environment for communication, too. As you know, speaking live and improvisationally isn’t easy, and if he DOES say the wrong thing it will be magnified and spread 1000X. Not to mention: what if everything you say is fine, but you have the wrong affect or tone?
OBG26Dems need to be in your face like Mamdani EVERY DAY! Brag about your accomplishments. Put Trump on the offense.
Ivan the K ™21Great interview, and the point about him building a broader constituency is a great one.
Stop mass deportation now!19They are not cookie cutter pols. The new Dem Senators in particular have different styles that all come across as quite authentic. Many of the new House members too.
Bronsalem Witch Trials11A lot of the best communicators are the ones who scored upset wins (El-Sayed, Colom, Andrews et al). They haven’t had the consultants zap them of their skills yes
marcosantana7They are good at that. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov not so much. I think that’s a key reason for the universal dislike by the base of current Dem leadership. Congressional democrats like them. Sure. Everyone else. Not really.
jamelle2044a real point in favor of my "politics is feeling very 19th century these days." the television/radio model of controlled, scheduled appearances is dead! successful candidates must always be yapping! always in trying to make the sale to voters in every forum imaginable.
Nate Pentz6One benefit of talking about beliefs and values so much to folks is that you don't have to really worry about saying something that will get you in trouble. You have so much experience you rarely get caught flat footed.
WilliamHaugh2Ya move to see it
I couldn’t even imagine how triggered a racist scumbag Cindy Hyde-Smith must be feeling from the very long process to call the Mississippi Senate race seeing as she is losing to a highly qualified Black man who she once blocked from being a federal judge. I love this dragged out misery for her.
Chris 📎21I hope she is truly miserable - and that it lasts.
Nick Searles14A blow out would have been cool. But the slow burn makes me giggle.
golfwidow.bsky.social10Is it possible to overdose on schadenfreude?
Diana Demarest9Hyde-Smith is toxic waste. I pray she loses.
Conrad Knauer6apnews.com/projects/ele... Currently it's Colom +2,571 votes :)
jaxxnj.bsky.social6Wishing the same for Virginia Foxx
The day's first updates from Mississippi—per the AP's count—net Scott Colom an additional 39 votes. (That effectively erases Hyde-Smith's small gain yesterday.) His statewide lead is now 2,575.
Laminariales34I dunno, if 2,536 more Mississippi counties go like this Colom might be in trouble.
Lucas Osborne8Will this be the final day?
Sam Burling5Any idea when it will be officially called?
Where do we go to track which counties are submitting new vote totals today?
Taniel783Another update makes it 2,607 votes for Scott Colom. (We are not going to get Hinds County until tomorrow at the earliest, and that's really what we're waiting for.)
Black Aziz Anansi114*Price is right losing horn*
🐝 RiderBabe52🐝4I can't wait to crack open a cold one when this is officially called for Colom. Oust that racist bitch, send her packing & rub it in every minute of every day!
Richard Delevan4At some point in the next 48 hours there will be cooler revolution conditions in Jackson if this race isn't called.
🗳️ MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACE UPDATE 🗳️ The state is still counting ballots in its U.S. Senate race, and Democrat Scott Colom is leading the count. If elected, he could become the state’s first Black U.S. senator in over 140 years. But before that, here’s the latest from the Magnolia State👇
Democracy Docket135📍JACKSON, MS Since Election Day, Hinds County Election Commission officials have been under pressure to determine the eligibility of thousands of affidavit ballots cast. On Monday night, Democracy Docket saw Hyde-Smith-affiliated observers loudly pester commissioners while they were working.
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Grateful-1.bsky.social3Mississippi is one *Messed Up* State‼️...MAJOR CHANGES MUST BE MADE‼️⚖️‼️
Nona ABOLISH ICE2Y'all, I want to know what the hell Blanche is up to! 🤬
Forever, Forever1(202) 224-3121 Keep calling your reps Jefferies and Schumer have taken to intimidation tactics to suppress this upcoming vote for Speaker and Senate Leader We need to ask our reps directly "Are Jefferies or Schumer threatening you with retribution?" Lifeguard this Blue Wave from drowning!
Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa5Mississippi não só ainda está contando papelzinho, como discutindo com fiscais de partido quais papeizinhos devem ser contados e quais não.
Boss Best2DO IT FOR HIRAM RHODES REVELS AND ALL THE MANY, MANY REPRESENTATIVES MISSISSIPPI SHOULD HAVE PRODUCED IF IT HAD NOT BECOME SUCH A RACIST STATE FOR OVER 140 YEARS!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter! BB
MS NOW: Democrat Scott Colom's lead in the Mississippi Senate race has now increased to 2,851 votes.
Even if Scott Colom is not determined the winner of the race to become Mississippi’s next senator, in an important sense Colom has already won. He has achieved what seemed impossible in 1964. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mississippi-forward
Suzanne33Stop equivocating. He’s gonna win.
Sean19What do you mean “if”? Colom’s consistently ahead of Hyde-Smith. The outstanding votes are in D counties. Mississippi law, victor has a simple plurality of the vote.
selenel.bsky.social15Wrong sentiment. He is ahead even with all the efforts against him. Don’t pander to the criminal anti democracy fools.
Ramon Escarfullet Sr14No, I'll be happy only with the Mississippi election declaring Colom new Senator
dinerlee.bsky.social12Don't even say "if he is not determined the winner."
memphismanatee.bsky.social10His lead is getting larger as the counting progresses. Only shenanigans would negate the lead at this point.
Next to the Mississippi Senate race, this might be the biggest shock of the midterms. An absolute Republican bloodbath on a map that was gerrymandered to the hilt.
Jerad Walker52A month ago, the GOP was hoping that they might *pick up a seat* in North Carolina.
Matt!10It is always a risk when you gerrymander too hard. You're intentionally diluting your voters across more districts in the hopes of getting 51% in one or two more districts. Doesn't work too well when the Dems are +15 on the generic ballot. Suddenly the +7 to +12 districts you just made start to flip
warden11.bsky.social4We all knew the downside risk was that in a wave election, you're screwed. Thank God everyone remembered why they hate this administration.
Damon Bernstein3One might wonder how much the disastrous FEMA response to the hurricane played in NC voters' disgust with the GOP?
jbtcarolina.bsky.social2So fun to watch, especially Moore & Foxx.
Nessa1And the 3 seats the Republicans kept were very close! Two within less than 1%, the other less than 2%!! I know they are wishing they stuck with those court order 7-7 fair maps we had in 2022
Nur Shahir, PhD (Hire me!)13I can't emphasize how AGGRESSIVELY the NC GOP gerrymandered that map
Ray Radlein2This was the Mr. Creosote gerrymander: The NC GOP had an overwhelming gerrymander in place, but they wanted to gobble up ONE MORE district — it's WAFER THIN! — and as a result the whole thing went *pop*
Mississippi you're so close!!! If you had any problems voting, and needed an affidavit ballot, please go cure it today at your clerks office! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️13I have always hated Mississippi from a bad experience at 14, BUT this is promising and about damn time 💜💜💜 I’m optimistically happy for Mississippians ~ proud they voted in their own best interests 🗳️🇺🇸
Sister of Wendy #AbolishICE 🐸3Every vote should count. 💙🌊
Just one opinion 🌹2Is there an estimate on the number voters/ballots that need to be addressed?
I’d bet Scott Colom’s advisors are White guys from up North, too. Black candidates, if you have to have White advisors, make sure they are local and know the temperature of your area. Dont put your political career in the hands of these Affluent White Advisors from NYC and DC!!
KennyMack197134Scream this from the rooftops. The rich white Dem media punditry/consultant class also got pantsed this midterm because they didn’t see this coming either. They were still hyping up Graham Platner and minimizing the importance of Black voters.
Veronica McDonald30If you’re a candidate in North Carolina, get you a White advisor from North Carolina or at least the South. Because these Northern affluent White nepo babies & leftists truly do not know how to talk to people in the South.
Nefarious Means7This is just another example of the split in the party. White Dems declared war on the Black and Jewish base and this is one of the ways it shows up.
Bubbe M: Get It Together!5Trying to back bench it's biggest asset (besides Obama).
AltSamPiper2Those same advisors are probably the same ones who told her and Walz to stop using weird and cost her the election.
Fabucat 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️2Heck yeah. That goes for white Democrats in the South too.
Mississippi Senate: 52 new votes from Tunica County 🔵 Colom: +49 (94.2%) 🔴 Hyde-Smith: +3 (5.8%) Colom nets 46 votes.
WriterKC 💙|P4L13“Every time the bell rings Scott Colom gets more votes” 💙
Susan Gross5Every time we get another vote of another county, Colom wins on the gain. Hasn't she embarrassed herself enough?
Solde3I project Colom to win.
Monolith Media3Small batch, but a 46-vote net from Tunica still pads Colom's cushion now that the ballot deadlines have passed. #MSSen
A. “Tony” Shifflett2This thing is like a soap 🧼 opera.
