Senate Battlefield Expands Into the Deep South

The Downballot: “Two Southern states that haven’t elected Democrats to the Senate since the last century are suddenly drawing late spending as Democrats hope the political environment will allow them to pull off major upsets.”

“In South Carolina, the Senate Leadership Fund plans to spend $5 million to protect Republican Sen. Darline Graham… An unnamed GOP source described the move as an ‘insurance policy’ to help the new senator, the sister and successor to the late Lindsey Graham, fend off pediatrician Annie Andrews…”

“Meanwhile, in Mississippi, American Bridge PAC informs the National Journal that it will spend just over $2 million to help Scott Colom, a Democrat who serves as district attorney for four counties in the eastern part of the state, against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.”