Soros net­work tar­gets deep-red Mis­sis­sip­pi in bid to flip Sen­ate seat

Soros network targets deep-red Mississippi in bid to flip Senate seat

Mis­sis­sip­pi­ans haven’t elect­ed a Demo­c­rat to the Sen­ate in near­ly four decades, but pow­er­ful back­ers of the Mag­no­lia State’s under­dog can­di­date believe that by dump­ing mon­ey into the race they can over­come the hump.Scott Colom, a dis­trict attor­ney, is squar­ing off against incum­bent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R‑Miss., in deep-red Mis­sis­sip­pi, and some of his top back­ers, includ­ing bil­lion­aire phil­an­thropist George Soros’ top advi­sor, believe that he is primed to flip the seat.During a call ear­li­er this month with Sen. Eliz­a­beth War­ren, D‑Mass., for­mer Rep. Joe Kennedy, D‑Mass., and Soros’ top advi­sor, Michael Vachon, Colom’s back­ers laid out his path forward.MISSISSIPPI’S GOP GOVERNOR DROPS ELECTION PLEDGE IN HUGE SETBACK FOR TRUMP’S MIDTERM PLAN“Scott ca …