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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks to the news media about the tight race against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith at his headquarters in Jackson, Miss., November 4, 2026.
Lauren Witte/USA Today Network via Reuters
What can explain a Democrat becoming Mississippi’s next senator? As with other stupefying, reality-altering events, it helps to look to fiction.
A “poll” conducted in mid-October by showed Democratic Senate challenger just four points behind Republican incumbent . Wedgewood had Hyde-Smith receiving 52 percent of the vote and Colom 48 percent, just a few weeks away from the election.
About the Author
Tanner Nau is a Reporting Fellow at National Review, based in Washington, D.C. He previously worked at The Free Press.
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What can explain a Democrat becoming Mississippi’s next senator? As with other stupefying, reality-altering events, it helps to look to fiction.
A “poll” conducted in mid-October by showed Democratic Senate challenger just four points behind Republican incumbent . Wedgewood had Hyde-Smith receiving 52 percent of the vote and Colom 48 percent, just a few weeks away from the election.
About the Author
Tanner Nau is a Reporting Fellow at National Review, based in Washington, D.C. He previously worked at The Free Press.
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