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GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom to face off in Mississippi Senate race

Colom won the Democratic primary and is set to challenge Hyde-Smith in November.

GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom to face off in Mississippi Senate race
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NBC News projected that Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom won their Mississippi Senate primaries, setting up a November contest. Colom faces a difficult race in a state where Democrats have not won a Senate election since 1982.

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Democratic Senate nominee facing Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R · MS · SEN

Republican Senate nominee facing Scott Colom in Mississippi

Hyde-Smith's version of this story ↗
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D · NY · SEN

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairwoman

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and endorser of Hyde-Smith

Ty Pinkins
I · MS

Independent Senate candidate in Mississippi

Republican Senate candidate who challenged Hyde-Smith in the primary

Mike Espy
D · MS

Former Democratic representative and Agriculture secretary who ran against Hyde-Smith

Thad Cochran
Former U.S. Senator (R-MS)

Former Mississippi senator whose seat Hyde-Smith was appointed to fill

Roger F. Wicker
R · MS · SEN

Mississippi senator and Pinkins’s 2024 opponent

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