Exclusive: Obama cuts ad in Mississippi Senate race

Democrats are hoping Scott Colom delivers an upset in the deep red state. Former President Barack Obama has cut an ad for Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom, the latest sign of Democrats putting real effort behind boosting their candidate in the deep red state as they eye a potential upset next month. The Colom campaign will run the 30-second spot on digital and radio statewide in Mississippi as part of a seven-figure media buy in Mississippi, according to details shared first with Semafor. In the ad, Obama tells voters: “Mississippi, it’s time for a change.” “You need to send Scott Colom to the US Senate,” Obama continues in the ad. “Scott made his community safer, prosecuting violent crimes as a district attorney and fighting corruption.” Colom is running against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a conservative GOP senator who blocked Colom’s nomination to a federal judgeship under then-President Joe Biden. Colom currently serves as a district attorney in Mississippi. The race to defeat Hyde-Smith is not a must-win for Democrats to retake the Senate and Colom remains an underdog in deep red Mississippi. But national Democrats have been eying the race for months due to the state’s larg