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Democrats invest in Scott Colom's bid to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi
Democrats are directing national attention and money toward Scott Colom's challenge to Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith for a Mississippi Senate seat. Senate Majority PAC announced $1.2 million in broadcast and digital ads for Colom, and figures including Kamala Harris, Raphael Warnock and Barack Obama have campaigned or recorded ads for him. Mississippi has not elected a Democratic senator since 1982 and voted for Trump by about 20 points in 2024.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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CNNfirst
NBC News+3.8 h
ABC News+116.8 h
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The split, in one line
Coverage converges on the same race and the same spending, but ABC foregrounds Colom's biography and the 'proteins' viral ad while CNN and NBC lead with the money and the expanding Senate map.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
ABCABC NewsLEFT-CENTER1h ago
“Democrat Scott Colom aims for deep-red Mississippi Senate seat”
CNNCNNLEFT4d ago
“Can Democrats win a Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi? They're spending like they think so - CNN”
NBCNBC NewsLEFT-CENTER4d ago
“The Senate map expands (again): From the Politics Desk”
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Fact ledger
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Colom would be Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction
