Senate Democrats' campaign arm has spent over a million dollars to boost Scott Colom's campaign.
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The Briefing with Jen PsakiOct 23, 2026
As of 2026-10-23, AP and Politico reported that Senate Majority PAC, the Democratic-aligned super PAC that AP describes as Senate Democrats' top campaign spending group, committed $1.2 million in television ads to boost Scott Colom, with the ad starting that week.
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… She refuses to debate him. I would note he's a district attorney and a seventh generation Mississippian, and the national party will a lot of people seem to think that he has a lot of real momentum. Former President Barack Obama has endorsed him. Senate Democrats' campaign arm has poured over a million dollars to boost his campaign, and earlier tonight, he was joined by another very high profile surrogate. This is not, and this is no ordinary man. So let's take these next twelve days and do everything in our power, every minute and hour and moment we have. …
The Briefing with Jen Psaki · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reported on Oct 20 that Senate Majority PAC, which it calls Senate Democrats' top campaign spending group, will spend $1.2 million on a television ad to boost Scott Colom, starting Wednesday and running through Election Day.[1]
Supports. Politico reported on Oct 20 that Senate Majority PAC is putting an initial $1.2 million on statewide television to boost Colom, and The Hill and Reuters later repeated the $1.2 million Senate Majority PAC figure.[2][3][4]
Context. The DSCC, the party's official Senate campaign committee, put $500,000 into the race on Oct 28, after the claim was made; that spending is separate and below the million-dollar threshold.[4][5][6]
Context. The claim uses the label 'campaign arm' for Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leadership. This is a label difference rather than a contradiction, since AP describes the group as Senate Democrats' top campaign spending group.[1]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 2 not rated
- 1Senate Democrats launch first ad in Mississippi as their midterm optimism spreads in the Southapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Trump, ignoring polls, predicts economy to help Republicans in midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Senate Democrats start spending in Mississippipolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Senate Democrats spent $500,000 on Scott Colom's bid for ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 5NEW: DSCC Invests $500,000 in Mississippi – Places Coordinated Ad Buy With District Attorney and Democratic Senate Candidate Scott Colom - DSCCdscc.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Senate Dems put $500000 into Mississippisemafor.com · not rated · cited for: context
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