Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall. But the traditionally conservative state is among a handful of contests that could become potential wildcards as Republicans try to defend their majority.

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Scott Colom is a gregarious prosecutor who grew up in Mississippi with a Republican father who campaigned for Ronald Reagan and counted political titan Thad…