In Mississippi’s Senate race, GOP targets Democratic candidate’s ad

Mississippi's Democratic Senate nominee, Scott Colom, is pulling a campaign video made partly with artificial intelligence after Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch said it probably broke state election law. The clip shows Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith scurrying away from journalists. It had circulated for weeks before Fitch's office sent a letter threatening to seek a court injunction and urging Colom's campaign to keep all related records. Colom told Mississippi Today that he would comply rather than let the state spend public funds fighting him in court, and he accused Hyde-Smith's allies of misusing the justice system to divert attention from her record on farmers, small businesses and families, according to MS NOW.

MS NOW opinion blogger Ja'han Jones sees the complaint as a sign Republicans are nervous about a race they once considered safe. He notes that President Donald Trump has scheduled a Mississippi rally a week before Election Day, though forecasters still favor Hyde-Smith. Jones adds that a stronger showing by Colom than Mike Espy managed in 2020 would be notable in a state with the nation's highest share of Black eligible voters.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →