作者：亚历克斯·米勒
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月10日 美国东部时间晚上9:16
密西西比州参议院席位的竞选将于11月举行，将上演一场现任议员与她曾阻挠其终身司法任命的对手的对决。
密西西比州共和党参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯在初选中轻松获胜，获得了共和党在密西西比州的参议院提名。她击败了莎拉·阿德拉克哈（Sarah Adlakha）——这位政治新人自2018年海德-史密斯被任命以来，一直质疑她在华盛顿特区的工作成效。
海德-史密斯正寻求在参议院的第二个任期，在深红州密西西比，她有望保住席位，帮助共和党在争夺参议院控制权的广泛斗争中获胜。
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帕克斯顿誓言他将”继续参选” 即便特朗普支持科尼恩在得克萨斯州共和党冲突
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密西西比州共和党参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯在密西西比州锁定共和党参议院提名，她正瞄准参议院的第二个任期。(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
但她将面对一位她曾打过交道的民主党对手——只是并非在选举战场上。
密西西比州地方检察官斯科特·科洛姆在激烈的初选中脱颖而出，获得了密西西比州的民主党参议院提名。他击败了美国海军陆战队退伍军人阿尔伯特·利特尔和普莉西拉·蒂尔（埃米特·蒂尔的堂妹，埃米特·蒂尔1950年代在密西西比被绑架并私刑处死）。
海德-史密斯与科洛姆的渊源可追溯到拜登政府时期，当时这位议员阻挠了他担任密西西比州地方法院法官的提名。
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当时，她动用了每个本州参议员都拥有的否决权——即上议院的”蓝色 slips”（一种司法提名审查制度）——来对一名司法提名人表态。这一传统是唐纳德·特朗普总统要求废除的，以消除民主党对其司法提名人的阻挠。
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密西西比州哥伦布市地方检察官斯科特·科洛姆，2025年8月18日（星期一）。(Scott Colom for Senate (Christopher Dilts))
海德-史密斯当时告诉《木兰论坛报》，尽管她承认科洛姆”在其所在地区聪明且深受喜爱”，但她对他的记录存在担忧。
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海德-史密斯竞选团队发言人内森·卡尔弗特在一份声明中告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”科洛姆从未见过一项拜登/哈里斯政策他不喜欢。”
“海德-史密斯参议员自豪于反对支持激进跨性别议程的极端左翼人士的司法提名，”卡尔弗特说。”她反对允许男性参加女性体育赛事，并认为我们需要持相同立场的法官。”
“海德-史密斯参议员认为我们需要削减政府开支，打击由过度政府开支驱动的通货膨胀，并减少（而非增加）我们飙升的国家债务，她将继续为此投票，”他继续说道。
[得克萨斯州争议性共和党参议院初选进入加时赛]
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2025年1月2日，日出的阳光照在美国国会大厦圆顶上。(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“作为一个对保护女孩和妇女权利有浓厚兴趣的人，我对斯科特·科洛姆反对保护女性运动员的立法感到担忧，”海德-史密斯表示。”在我看来，他的竞选活动获得乔治·索罗斯的大力支持也对他的提名极为不利。我根本无法支持他被提名担任密西西比州联邦法官终身职务。”
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与此同时，科洛姆指责海德-史密斯投票反对流向密西西比州的联邦资金——该州一直是美国最贫穷的州。
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他的网站指责海德-史密斯”不再为我们工作，投票反对密西西比州的就业和投资，因为这符合她的捐赠者议程。”
福克斯新闻数字版联系科洛姆的竞选团队寻求置评，但尚未收到立即回复。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版报道美国参议院的记者。
GOP Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith set to face Mississippi District Attorney Scott Colom for US Senate seat
By Alex Miller
Fox News
Published March 10, 2026 9:16pm EDT
The race for Mississippi’s Senate seat is set for November and will feature a clash of a sitting incumbent battling a foe she once blocked from a lifetime judicial appointment.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., cruised to a victory in her primary to earn the GOP nomination for Senate in Mississippi. She beat Sarah Adlakha, a political newcomer who challenged Hyde-Smith’s effectiveness in Washington, D.C., since being appointed to the position in 2018.
Hyde-Smith is running for a second term in the upper chamber and, in deep-red Mississippi, is expected to hold onto her job in the GOP’s sprawling battle to maintain control of the Senate.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., clinched the GOP Senate nomination in Mississippi as she eyes a second term in the upper chamber.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But she’ll face a Democratic opponent she’s dealt with before — just not on the election battlefield.
Mississippi District Attorney Scott Colom came out on top of his crowded primary to earn the Democratic nomination for Senate in the Magnolia State. He toppled U.S. Marine Corps veteran Albert Littell and Priscilla Till, the cousin of Emmett Till, who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in the 1950s.
Hyde-Smith and Colom have a history dating back to the Biden administration, when the lawmaker blocked his nomination to serve as a district court judge in Mississippi.
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At the time, she used the veto power each home-state senator has, known as a blue slip in the upper chamber, to weigh in on a judicial nominee — it’s a tradition that President Donald Trump has demanded be done away with to nullify Democratic resistance to his own judicial nominees.
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District Attorney Scott Colom in Columbus, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.(Scott Colom for Senate (Christopher Dilts))
Hyde-Smith told the Magnolia Tribune at the time that while she recognized that Colom was “smart and well-liked in his district,” she had concerns over his record.
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Nathan Calvert, spokesperson for the Hyde-Smith campaign, told Fox News Digital in a statement that “Colom has never seen a Biden/Harris policy he didn’t like.”
“Senator Hyde-Smith is proud of opposing judicial nominations for extreme leftists who support a radical transgender agenda,” Calvert said. “She opposes allowing men to participate in women’s sports and believes we need judges who will take the same stance.”
“Senator Hyde-Smith believes we need to cut government spending, fight inflation (driven by excessive government spending), and reduce (not increase) our soaring national debt, and she’ll continue voting to do that,” he continued.
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Sunrise light hits the U.S. Capitol dome on Jan. 2, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“As someone with a strong interest in protecting the rights of girls and women, I am concerned about Scott Colom’s opposition to legislation to protect female athletes,” Hyde-Smith said. “The significant support his campaign received from George Soros also weighs heavily against his nomination, in my view. I simply cannot support his nomination to serve on the federal bench in Mississippi for a lifetime.”
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Meanwhile, Colom has gone after Hyde-Smith for voting against federal funding coming into Mississippi, which has consistently ranked as the poorest state in the country.
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His website accused Hyde-Smith of not “working for us anymore, voting against Mississippi jobs and investments because it serves her donors’ agenda.”
Fox News Digital reached out for comment to Colom’s campaign, but did not immediately hear back.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.