Good evening, John.

Tonight is deadline night, and tomorrow my team will meet to evaluate our fundraising progress and decide on our plan for the next stretch of the campaign.

How much we are able to raise tonight will directly impact our voter outreach budget moving forward. Digital ads, yard signs, and more. Political campaigns are expensive – and too often that means the status quo is able to get by without a real challenge in states like Mississippi.

But forget about that for a moment.

I want to talk to you about why I’m in this race in the first place.

When I made the decision to run for the U.S. Senate, it was because our state doesn’t have anyone in Washington looking out for working families.

My opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, certainly isn’t. She’s pushed for tariffs — which have already raised prices and cost Mississippi families an average of $2,400. She’s putting her billionaire donors before the needs of our state.

My campaign has a clear path to beating her. Polling shows she’s vulnerable.

But I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be an uphill battle. But I know I am not alone — I have supporters like you by my side. And there are countless more across the state who are hungry for change.

Some of them are chipping in right now, helping us meet tonight’s deadline. They’re hoping you will join them, and that we will crush tonight’s goal.

So please.

I am respectfully asking you to donate $7 to our campaign before midnight tonight. The only way we’ll be able to win this race in Mississippi is with your support. Anything you can give truly makes a difference.

Thank you for your generous support. I’m proud to have you on my team.

Scott Colom
Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate