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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey will campaign for Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom on Friday, according to the Colom campaign.
The Colom campaign said Booker will kick off his fall travel ahead of the midterms in Mississippi to support Colom and will join Colom in Gulfport on Friday to launch a “Canvas with Colom” event with campaign volunteers.
“I am proud that Democrats across the country are supporting this campaign because they know that Mississippi is in play, and that Mississippi matters,” Colom said in a statement. “I look forward to campaigning with Senator Booker as we energize voters who are ready for change.”
This will be the third time that Booker has visited Mississippi to try to help oust Republican Sen. Hyde-Smith and flip her seat to Democratic. The New Jersey senator visited Mississippi in 2018 and 2020 to campaign for Democratic candidate Mike Espy.
U.S. senators from both political parties have visited the Magnolia State this year to stump for Hyde-Smith and Colom.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana have visited to support Hyde-Smith, while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware visited to campaign with Colom.
Colom and Hyde-Smith will compete with independent candidate Ty Pinkins in the general election on Nov. 3.
