Mississippi U.S. Senate Race 2026: Candidate Performance Review

U.S. Senate, Mississippi, 2026: Public Records, Data and Sources

General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Data as of Saturday, October 24, 2026 (ET). Campaign money is from Federal Election Commission reports through October 14, 2026 unless noted.

Candidates shown on this page: Scott Colom (Democratic) and Ty Pinkins (Independent). Every candidate gets the same headings and the same checks. [MS Secretary of State, Candidate Qualifying List (read Oct 24, 2026)]

How to read this page. Every line names its source, and most link to it. One Mississippi Today article is cited by title and date without a link. “On the record” means a government filing, court docket, or official record. “Reported by press” means a news outlet reported it. “ALLEGATION” means a claim made by someone that has not been proven; we name who made it. “Missing” or “NOT CONFIRMED” means we looked and could not verify it. Every candidate was checked the same way: FEC reports, the CourtListener federal and Mississippi appellate court index, official voting records for incumbents, and the same news profiles for each race. A name match in a court index is not proof it is the same person, so unconfirmed name matches are left off this page. No grades are given on this page.

How we score. We do not give grades. Every candidate is checked the same way with the same public sources. The full method and every race are on the Mississippi Candidate Performance Review.

U.S. Senate

Card: Partial

Scott Colom

DemocraticChallenger

Background

  • Elected District Attorney, 16th Circuit Court District (north Mississippi), nearly a decade; first Black person elected to that post (reported). [Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile]
  • 2023: nominated by President Biden to a federal judgeship (reported); final outcome of the nomination: Missing. [Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile]

Scorecard: measures

Office-reported conviction rate as DA (self-reported, not audited)85% (as touted by his office in 2023) [The Dispatch, Aug 2023, candidate focus on Colom (office-reported conviction rate)]
Congressional voting recordNone (never served in Congress) [MS Secretary of State, Candidate Qualifying List (read Oct 24, 2026)]
Raised, 2025-26$4,400,889.53 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Spent$3,382,172.58 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Cash on hand$1,018,716.95 (as of 2026-10-14) [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Debts owed$175,987.95 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
From individuals / PACs / self81.6% / 9.5% / 0.6% [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Small-donor share: unitemized individual contributions (donors giving $200 or less in the cycle) as % of all individual contributions27.5% [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
FEC filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00918359/?cycle=2026

Lawsuits, audits, ethics and controversies

  • No lawsuit, audit or ethics finding naming him is on record in the sources we searched.

Court index: federal and MS appellate hits under the surname Colom include other family members and firms; none confirmed to be him. See Roach Roundup research files.

Data gaps: DA office performance data (case clearance, caseload) not available from a primary source; conviction rate is office-reported. MS Ethics Commission, MS Auditor, and state court records not searched.

All sources for this candidate
  1. MS Secretary of State, Candidate Qualifying List (read Oct 24, 2026)
  2. FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)
  3. Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile
  4. The Dispatch, Aug 2023, candidate focus on Colom (office-reported conviction rate)
  5. Court index search: CourtListener federal and MS appellate index search, same method for all
  6. Integrity search index: FEC legal, FEC audits, House/Senate Ethics, OCC, MS Auditor, MS Ethics, courts, news; same 7 sources for every candidate
Card: Partial

Ty Pinkins

IndependentChallenger

Background

  • Army veteran, 21 years, three combat tours in Iraq, Bronze Star; Georgetown law degree (reported). [Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile]
  • Lost the 2023 Secretary of State race and the 2024 U.S. Senate race (Democratic nominee); left the Democratic Party in 2025 (reported). [Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile]

Scorecard: measures

Elected office heldNone found [Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile]
Raised, 2025-26$104,310.83 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Spent$105,063.33 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Cash on hand$4,862.52 (as of 2026-09-30) [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Debts owed$0.00 [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
From individuals / PACs / self95.8% / 0.0% / 0.0% [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
Small-donor share: unitemized individual contributions (donors giving $200 or less in the cycle) as % of all individual contributions66.8% [FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)]
FEC filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00830554/?cycle=2026

Lawsuits, audits, ethics and controversies

  • Context: Integrity search (FEC legal and audits, ethics bodies, MS Auditor, MS Ethics public records, courts, news; Oct 24, 2026): no matter found as a respondent or subject. Not proof none exist. [Integrity search index: FEC legal, FEC audits, House/Senate Ethics, OCC, MS Auditor, MS Ethics, courts, news; same 7 sources for every candidate]

Court index: no case confirmed to be him; name-only matches are UNVERIFIED and not shown. See Roach Roundup research files.

Data gaps: No Pre-General FEC report visible as of Oct 24 (latest coverage Sept 30). Military record not independently verified. State court records not searched.

All sources for this candidate
  1. MS Secretary of State, Candidate Qualifying List (read Oct 24, 2026)
  2. FEC API, committee totals, cycle 2026 (2025-2026)
  3. Mississippi Today, Sept 21, 2026, Senate race profile
  4. Court index search: CourtListener federal and MS appellate index search, same method for all
  5. Integrity search index: FEC legal, FEC audits, House/Senate Ethics, OCC, MS Auditor, MS Ethics, courts, news; same 7 sources for every candidate

Prepared by Roach Roundup research. Data compiled from public records; corrections welcome with a source.