A Mississippi Democrat is unexpectedly threatening Republicans’ grip on the state
Topics: Mississippi Politics
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- The Guardian US reports: “As Scott Colom challenges incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith for Senate, one of the country’s most reliably Republican states may be in play in the midtermsOn Tuesday, with just one week until the election…”
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