Stacey Abrams has been quietly building political power in Mississippi. Scott Colom could be the payoff

Stacey Abrams has spent years building voter mobilization infrastructure in Mississippi through her organizations Fair Fight, Fair Count, and the Southern Economic Advancement Project, investing over $5 million to expand Black voter participation. This groundwork is now positioning Democrat Scott Colom to potentially flip Mississippi's U.S. Senate seat—a seat Democrats haven't won since 1982—by narrowing the gap with Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to just 5 points.