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Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

While he may well be the next US Senator from Mississippi, that is not an excuse to allow the page to be run like a campaign ad.

The references to convictions rates are typical of most prosecutor offices and it is unclear whether he personally obtained this long list of convictions, were they obtained by his staff, and how many were pleas? I was an elected DA (and lifelong Democrat) for 25 years in another state, I tried most major case personally, in a county not much smaller than Colom's (130,000) so while he make take credit for every conviction personally, he has about 14 assistant prosecutors. ~2026-58882-52 (talk) 18:44, 5 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

I've tried to clean it up (i.e. removed a bunch of text whose notability wasn't obvious, and/or references to things only vaguely related to Colom himself). BalinKingOfMoria (talk) 14:54, 8 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

"the youngest and first Black justice court judge"

Latest comment: 4 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

These words appear in the "Career" section. Are they all just as intended? (Haven't heard "justice court judge" before.) Is there an "and" missing? Jorjulio (talk) 14:45, 8 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Likely to win

Latest comment: 2 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

He is firstly likely to win because the sources say so. But they say so because on average the voters who haven’t yet been counted are going to be younger, less white and poorer than the votes who have already been counted. In a state like Mississippi that will favour the Democratic candidate.

Most of the counties where the votes haven’t been fully counted are heavily democratic leaning as well.

I also don’t want to put too much weight on the betting markets, but they are like 99% in favour of Colom winning, that’s a much stronger margin than “likely” -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:28, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Scott colom is now Senator-elect

Latest comment: 1 day ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I understand being cautious but all of the major media networks are calling this race. CNN just called it about 20 minutes ago ~2026-59601-36 (talk) 22:24, 11 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

The article has now been updated to acknowledge his victory. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 22:39, 11 November 2026 (UTC)Reply