Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith on election night:
“I blocked Scott Colom from being a judge, and you blocked him from being a senator.”
Hyde-Smith went on to say:
“And Kamala Harris learned a lesson that we may not quite enjoy her company in Mississippi. I think she learned that.”
A Vet Day and Mississippi’s first Black Senator story.
My Uncle Frances was a 1st Lt. who was shot multiple times fighting in France. Never fully recovered. Came back to Mississippi and became a civil rights lawyer.
He later taught at Antioch Law School where he had @scott_colom mom and dad as students. They met at Antioch.
I was talking to Scott’s dad the other day and he was saying how much my Uncle Francis would have loved this moment.
The Colom family story is America at its best. Scott’s grandmother was a civil rights worker in Ripley, Ms. his dad co-founded the Innocence Project with John Grisham. His mom is the first Black female Chancery court judge in Ms.
And now Scott is a US Senator.
We may have had to count One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, but Blue Mississippi sure has a nice ring to it! Scott, you put your heart and soul into this race because you believe in the promise of your state’s people. And they believed in you right back. I’m honored to have stood alongside you. Congratulations!
@ASDem Addisu this is an impressive example of calling your shot.
Weeks before the election I kept saying “he’s gonna lose, but this guy is GOOD.” I was half right . . .
Seems like a basic thing but I have begun to take note of when a concession speech includes the words “I congratulate the winner and wish them success.” Because so many don’t.
She did do that!
I love looking through these Republican incumbents' accounts because this is the last thing Brad Knott tweeted before losing his Trump+17 district by 3
This election wasn’t a mandate, it was a directive.
Lower costs. Clean up the corruption. End the war. Stop the tariffs. Reverse the Medicaid cuts.
That’s what NEPA sent me here to do, and I’m ready to hit the ground running.
This last drop out of the OC was phenomenal for Kluwe, who trails by just 111 votes with something in the neighborhood of 6000-8000 ballots in the district left to count.
This went from a slight reach to a probable win for the former NFL player turned political activist.
if morris katz really was behind this ad, i hope every dsa-endorsed candidate will drop him forever because it's precisely this type of fearmongering that leads to hate crimes.
an insane spot that says chinese people are insidious and taking over our country.
This has to be bittersweet for Cornyn.
I think he sincerely wishes he hadn't been forced out and that Republicans had held this seat, but I think part of him is also relieved Paxton got what was coming to him and that Trump couldn't buy a seat for him.
Amid the fight between left and center for midterms creidt, the "run independents in red states, no one will catch on!" idea was the one real disaster this cycle and it was both a Bernie and establishment plan so nobody can really point fingers
Today is Diwali…Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating today. Today is supposed to celebrate the victory of light over darkness. But that victory is not automatic. When people are chanting stop “Stop Hindu Replacement of Christians” and other hateful anti-Indian and anti-Hindu slogans, you know we have a lot of work to do. Let’s proudly light a lamp today for Diwali, but resolve that we have to stamp out this hate directed toward Hindus and anyone. Thank you @RepJayapal for highlighting as well.
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating across Massachusetts and around the world!
May this Festival of Lights bring happiness, peace, and hope to you and your loved ones.
@McCainJack It boggles the mind that, after the past five statewides, the AZ GOP thinks more of the same with the same candidates backed by the same activists is their path to victory.
@SeanNobleAZDC@tcani I do think the Arizona GOP has left a number of winnable races on the table because of candidate quality in the last several years.
But I actually agree with you that there’s no reason a *conservative* candidate who isn’t an election denier can’t still thrive statewide.
@SeanNobleAZDC@tcani There you have another complicating factor given the presence of a top-ticket Senate race that wasn’t there in 2022.
But given the prevalence of the data center issue in Texas, I would say it was significant! Abbott 2022 was quite a bit stronger than Abbott 2026.