Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982. Mississippi Democratic Senate Candidate Scott Colom joins Katy Tur to share why he believes he could win in the deep-red state.

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Democrats are giddy about the possibility of a bigger blue wave than expected in the battle for the Senate as polls show that South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi — three seats that were long seen as safe Republican holds — are now competitive races.

Just months after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and Donald Trump initiated a multi-state gerrymandering effort, Black voter turnout for the midterms is surging. Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Mississippi explains why his state is very much in play this year.

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.

There is only one week left until Election Day. President Trump is campaigning in Mississippi and Kansas for his midterm blitz. Co-founder of "The Lincoln Project" Rick Wilson, Executive Editor of The Nation John Nichols,