Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks during a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks with attendees at an event held at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

From left, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom, Mississippi NAACP State Conference Executive Director Charles Taylor and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., conduct a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom, center, speaks with an attendee of a voting rights town hall at the historic Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)