All posts tagged "Cindy Hyde-Smith"

Democratic strategist James Carville is predicting an upset in deep-red Mississippi, declaring that Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is rattled by her Democratic challenger.

"Cindy Hyde-Smith is as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs," the famed Ragin' Cajun wrote in a fundraising email for Scott Colom, the Lowndes County district attorney challenging Hyde-Smith in November.

Carville, the architect of Bill Clinton's 1992 win, vouched for Colom in characteristically blunt terms. "This isn't my first rodeo. I know a winner when I see one," he wrote, predicting that "Mississippi is going to have a Democratic Senator by the end of 2026, and his name is Scott Colom." He argued Hyde-Smith is "one of the most vulnerable Senators in office," claiming Colom had already outraised her and pulled the race into "a statistical tie."...

A prominent Washington state business owner with a history of discrimination against Muslims and unmarried people has donated to billionaire Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2024 campaign.

Peter Zieve, CEO and founder of aerospace company Electroimpact, gave $250 to Ramaswamy’s Vivek 2024 campaign committee on May 28, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Raw Story.

“It's no one's business. I don't discuss my donations,” Zieve said before hanging up when reached by Raw Story....