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Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., before a campaign event at the Capital Club in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the U.S. Senate? Scott Colom says don’t count him out

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., speaks to media, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A shooting took place Sunday, Oct. 22, near the Mississippi home of Hyde-Smith, state investigators announced Monday, Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

No one injured in shooting near Mississippi home of U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., speaks during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021, on climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Analysis: Senator’s remark on Sunday politics draws backlash

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., thanks her volunteers and staff at her victory party in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Hyde-Smith beat Democrat Mike Espy and Libertarian Jimmy Edwards. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Analysis: Transition turmoil splits Mississippi delegation

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/New York Times, Pool via AP)

Analysis: Mississippi US Senate race draws outside attention

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mike Espy speaks to reporters, in Jackson, Miss., prior to winning the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. After his victory Tuesday, he will face Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Libertarian candidate Jimmy Edwards in November. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Espy: Hyde-Smith ‘disrespecting’ Mississippi by not debating

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo combination shows Mike Espy, left, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, on Oct. 5, 2018, and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Nov. 5, 2018, both in Jackson, Miss. If Espy and Hyde-Smith win their respective party's primaries, they will face each other in the November 2020 general election. Hyde-Smith defeated Espy in a November 2018 special election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Trump-loyal Mississippi senator qualifies for reelection

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy explains, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at his Jackson, Miss., office, how he is using data to help him pursue votes in a run for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, setting up a 2020 rematch of their 2018 special election to fill the last two years of retired Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's six-year term. Espy announced Tuesday that he's running again for U.S. Senate in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Analysis: Espy says he’s better prepared for 2020 campaign

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy stands with family members as he talks to supporters in a crowded auditorium at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss., after losing the runoff election. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, Espy announced another run for U.S. Senate, setting up a 2020 rematch with Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith. (AP Photo/Charles A. Smith, File)

Democrat Mike Espy starts 2020 US Senate bid in Mississippi

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

GOP insider leads transition for Mississippi governor-elect

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Dem seeks cash for 2020 challenge of Mississippi GOP senator

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Rows of farm land near Holly Bluff, Miss., are covered with backwater flooding, in this May 23, 2019 photo. Normally there would be cotton or corn or soybean crops in the rows. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., sent a letter Wednesday, June 12, 2019 to President Trump to approve the use of temporary pumps in the Yazoo Backwater Area to begin removing floodwaters that have contaminated the region for months on end. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., left, stands with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mississippi GOP senator sworn in after special election win

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Analysis: Espy had strong showing for Dem in Mississippi

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Democrat Mike Espy who sought to unseat appointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and serve the last two years of the six-year term vacated when Republican Thad Cochran retired stands with family members and talks to supporters in a crowded auditorium at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss., after losing the runoff election, Tuesday night, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles A. Smith)

Dem defeated in Mississippi US Senate race could run in 2020

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks to her supporters as she celebrates her runoff win over Democrat Mike Espy in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Hyde-Smith will now serve the final two years of retired Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's six year term. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Divisive race ends with win for Republican Sen. Hyde-Smith

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during a news conference at MLB headquarters in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

MLB to vet campaign contributions more carefully

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is photographed in a media sit-down in Ridgeland, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Cindy Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi Senate runoff

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Tampa, Fla. where he will speak at a rally. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Man dies before voting, wife returns to vote

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President Donald Trump and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., wave to supporters after arriving for a rally in Tupelo, Miss., Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning)

GOP US Sen. Hyde-Smith wins divisive runoff, keeps her seat

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press