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Obama Endorses Scott Colom in $1.35 Million Ad Buy

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  • Former President Barack Obama aired a 30-second TV ad endorsing Senate candidate Scott Colom.
  • The ad, part of a seven-figure buy, will spend $1,350 Monday on CBS affiliate WCBI.
  • Colom, a district attorney, challenges incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the November 3 race.
  • A Colom win would make him Mississippi’s first Democratic senator since 1982 and first Black senator since Reconstruction.