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Kamala Harris Campaigns in Mississippi on Medicaid Cuts

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Harris Campaigns Mississippi

Former Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Mississippi to campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom.
Harris and Colom will hold a rural health-care roundtable in Clarksdale on Oct. 22.
Providers, patients and community members will discuss Medicaid cuts’ impact on rural hospitals.
Harris will headline a get-out-the-vote rally in Columbus Thursday.
Colom, a Democratic district attorney, challenges Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Nov. 3 race.

Summary

Colom Proposes Tax Reform

Scott Colom proposes eliminating the federal income tax for Mississippians earning under $75,000.
He calls for raising the federal minimum wage to match Mississippi’s cost of living.
Colom says 400,000 Mississippians lack health insurance and 100,000 risk losing coverage from Medicaid cuts.
Colom proposes raising taxes on the wealthy and ending corporate subsidies for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

History

Historical Context

The 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by Lyndon Johnson on August 6, outlawed literacy tests and spurred a surge of Black voter registration—nearly 250,000 voters that year. In the 1966 midterms Democrat John Bell Williams won Mississippi’s Senate seat with 55% of the vote, showing act impact. Today Kamala Harris joins Scott Colom in Mississippi, campaigning on Medicaid preservation and tax reforms that echo 1960s equity drive.

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Harris Campaigns Mississippi

Former Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Mississippi to campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom.
Harris and Colom will hold a rural health-care roundtable in Clarksdale on Oct. 22.
Providers, patients and community members will discuss Medicaid cuts’ impact on rural hospitals.
Harris will headline a get-out-the-vote rally in Columbus Thursday.
Colom, a Democratic district attorney, challenges Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Nov. 3 race.

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