WATCH: Democrat Scott Colom holds briefing as counting continues in tight Mississippi Senate race

Name: WATCH: Democrat Scott Colom holds briefing as counting continues in tight Mississippi Senate race
Uploaded: 2026-11-10
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[0:02] Thank you, thank you for your service. How's it going, people? Listen,

[0:05] all right.

[0:06] Uh,

[0:08] So it's, it's an honor to be here. We want to bring, where's the

[0:11] sheriff? He's out of town. OK, well, first off, sheriff, shout out

[0:14] to Sheriff Jones. Uh, he's a great sheriff for this county. Shout

[0:17] out to your leadership. You know, I, as a district attorney know

[0:20] the hard work when it comes to law enforcement because it's a balance

[0:24] of protecting the public but making sure you follow the rules, follow

[0:27] the process to make sure that you can get the convictions that are

[0:30] necessary to keep the community safe. So thank you for your work.

[0:34] You know, when I started my campaign, one of my platforms was no

[0:38] income tax for no federal income tax for teachers and cops and that

[0:42] was based on my experience as a father of two daughters in public

[0:46] schools, realizing that states like Mississippi need to incentivize

[0:50] teachers to stay in Mississippi. So and the same thing with cops,

[0:53] you know, I know a lot of cops that leave the profession because

[0:56] the pay is uh not commensurate with the work and the stress and anxiety

[1:01] that comes with the job. So my proposal was based on

[1:03] my Experience with those two professions. Uh, now I'll tell you,

[1:08] out campaigning so much I did over

[1:10] uh

[1:11] over 60 town halls and people are struggling in all professions at

[1:15] this particular moment. People are really out there struggling. And

[1:18] that's why I expanded my proposal to just anybody making $175,000

[1:22] no federal income tax because we gotta put money in