National Democrats are getting aggressive in the homestretch of this election cycle, sending money and party figureheads to a state that, for decades, has been out of reach.Mississippi has been a Republican stronghold for the GOP in the Senate since the 1980s, but in a political environment that is proving tough for incumbents of the party in power, Democrats appear to smell blood in the water.But Republicans aren’t buying the last-minute play in the Deep South, arguing that it’s a reach, at best, to make the race competitive.DEMOCRATS SEE NEW CHANCES TO FLIP RED STATES — BUT A $400M GOP SPENDING ADVANTAGE COULD DERAIL THEIR PLANSSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a press conference on China AI export controls at the U.S.Capitol on Sept.
23, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Getty Images)"Largely, I think they’re just throwing s— at the wall at this point," a GOP political operative told Fox News Digital.The Senate Majority PAC, a political action committee with close ties to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reserved $1.2 million in advertising in the state to boost Scott Colom, a district attorney mounting a bid against Sen.
Cindy Hyde-Smith.And major figures in the Democratic Party, like former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, have also made the trip or are set to appear in the state — Buttigieg is scheduled to hold a rally on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday.Jake Monssen, Hyde-Smith’s campaign manager, told Fox News Digital in a statement that "This is simply Washington insiders making a last-ditch effort to give life to Scott Colom's failing campaign.""Scott is bankrolled by the radical left because he is in lockstep with their agenda," Monssen said."He supports tax increases, open borders, taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants, and sex change surgeries for minors."Like in other races across the Senate map, Colom has a fight with history to contend with.
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