# After Senate win, Scott Colom says Democrats need to invest more in Mississippi

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5 outlets covering · First listed: Washington Post, Nov 15, 2026, 4:00 PM · Read it: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/15/after-senate-win-scott-colom-says-democrats-need-invest-more-mississippi/>

With his upset victory over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Colom is set to become Mississippi’s first Democratic U.S. senator since John C. Stennis retired in 1989.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 15, 2026, 5:00 AM: [Hungry families in Mississippi are counting on Scott Colom](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/scott-colom-mississippi-senate-food-costs-poverty>) — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left)
  Scott Colom campaigning on affordability was the first step, and following through will be paramount.
- Nov 15, 2026, 9:25 AM: [Sen.-elect Scott Colom says investing in the South can help Democrats win ‘a durable majority’](<https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/scott-colom-investing-south-democrats-majority-policy-senate-rcna609402>) — NBC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  Sen.-elect Scott Colom, D-Miss., emphasized in that Democrats need to invest more in southern states like Mississippi, where he flipped the seat blue for the first time in decades.
- Nov 15, 2026, 10:06 AM: [Scott Colom’s Senate Win Is a Mississippi Miracle](<https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/scott-coloms-mississippi-miracle>) — The New Yorker (Magazine, United States, rated Left)
  Scenes from the Democrats’ most shocking midterm flip.
- Nov 15, 2026, 2:22 PM: [Colom urges Democrats to invest more in Mississippi after surprise Senate win](<https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6221530-scott-colom-democrats-invest-mississippi/>) — The Hill (Newspaper, United States, rated Center)
  Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) on Sunday called on Democrats to channel more financial and political investment into Mississippi following his surprise Senate win last week. “We didn’t have a bunch of resources. There wasn’t a bunch of campaign money spent to win Mississippi, compared to other states,” Colom said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”…
- Nov 15, 2026, 4:00 PM: [After Senate win, Scott Colom says Democrats need to invest more in Mississippi](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/15/after-senate-win-scott-colom-says-democrats-need-invest-more-mississippi/>) — Washington Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left)
  With his upset victory over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Colom is set to become Mississippi’s first Democratic U.S. senator since John C. Stennis retired in 1989.