Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom speaks to supporters at a watch party at the Ice House in Jackson, Miss., on Nov. 3, 2026. MFP Photo by Heather Harrison
“I just want to start out by thanking the people of Mississippi from the bottom of my heart, whether you voted for me or not, thank you for using your power to exercise your vote yesterday. I’m very proud of our state. I’ve got to tell everybody I am very happy with where we stand. I’m confident once the process lays out where we are, where the ballots are, we’re going to win,” Democrat Scott Colom said this morning.
He vowed “to protect the process.”
“We’ve got lawyers who are ready to make sure the law is followed. We got volunteers in each county to make sure that that process is followed and we’re going to make sure that the process follows the law and has integrity,” he said. “Now, I think that anybody who can look at the math can see where this is going. It’s going to Scott Colom as the next United States senator.”
State Reporter Heather Harrison has won more than a dozen awards for her multi-media journalism work. At Mississippi State University, she studied public relations and broadcast journalism, earning her Communication degree in 2023. For three years, Heather worked at The Reflector student newspaper: first as a staff reporter, then as the news editor and finally, as the editor-in-chief. This is where her passion for politics and government reporting began.
Heather started working at the Mississippi Free Press three days after graduation in 2023. She also worked part time for Starkville Daily News after college covering the Board of Aldermen meetings.
In her free time, Heather likes to sit on the porch, read books and listen to Taylor Swift. A native of Hazlehurst, she now lives in Brandon with her wife and their Boston Terrier, Finley, and calico cat, Ravioli.
