Attack ads flood Mississippi's shockingly-competitive Senate race
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The most-aired ad in the closing stretch of Mississippi's Senate race features a Jeffrey Epstein survivor attacking GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for voting against releasing files related to the convicted human trafficker. Why it matters: In the past week, Hyde-Smith has been outgunned on the airwaves. AdImpact data shows that only one of the eight most-aired spots portrays her positively. Five of the ads either positively portray her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom , or attack Hyde-Smith for her Senate record, largely painting her as an out-of-touch senator who cares more about her rich…
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'She got caught!' Cindy Hyde-Smith accused of new brag that's 'just plain wrong'
Mississippi Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom is accusing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) of taking credit for a Gulf Coast rail line she voted against. “She’s back at it again. But she got caught,” Colom wrote in a fundraising email sent Thursday. “Cindy Hyde-Smith is...
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Attack ads flood Mississippi's shockingly-competitive Senate race
The most-aired ad in the closing stretch of Mississippi's Senate race features a Jeffrey Epstein survivor attacking GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for voting against releasing files related to the convicted human trafficker. Why it matters: In the past week, Hyde-Smith has been...
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