The Good for Business Podcast with Eric & Colin Krieger
Oct 1, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
Good for Business Podcast - Episode 61 - Scott Colom Colin sat down with Columbus native Scott Colom, current Lowndes County DA and candidate for the US Senate. They spoke about Colom's background…
Scott ColomGuestColin KriegerHostWell, I think that's probably what most people agree on this in an election, whether they're Trump people.
You know, now there's a little bit of a separation between Trump voters, Republican Party, and even Democrats and people like...
And Citizen United was a monumental court case that started letting super PACs and PACs give billions of dollars to Congress and senators indirectly.
And what I wanted to kind of talk to you about is the difference between – so here where Mississippi, for right or for wrong over the last 30 years, has somewhat split – As far as visibility goes, where it's like, oh, white people are Republicans, black people are Democrats.
When they talk about historical campaigns nationwide, a lot of the systems and trends grew out of Mississippi in the deep south in the 60s and 70s.
you've got a chance to shake babies and kiss hands is what i like to say yeah to go in a situation where you meet people because you just mentioned harry sanders and other republican leaders yeah you work in a very conservative district for district attorney and with a bunch of very conservative sheriffs yep and so far everything i've heard the feedback and this is behind closed doors they're liking what you're doing everybody likes we're doing with drug courts working with these guys Um, can you talk about how that translates from something locally where you will, you'll have situations where you will meet people here who are, might be white conservatives or just conservatives who normally wouldn't vote for you, but nobody knows when you're in that voting booth, nobody's watching.
Are you, do you feel like you're in essentially in a situation where you've got to meet as many people as possible? And if they meet you, you think you'd get their vote?
The more people meet me, the more people understand my values, the more attention I get to our campaign, the better off we are.
Because, as you said, Colin, when I ran for district attorney in 2015, nobody told me it was going to be easy.
Your predecessor, the demographics of the district are of a nature that you're not going to be able to win.
And I just believe that there is a common Mississippi value that's greater than all these things that divide us.
And so that's why I've had confidence to run for positions that people thought were not possible.
And so for me running for this election, I have confidence I have ultimate confidence that the majority of Mississippians will give me a fair shot if they understand who I am, why I'm running, what my issues are, and they understand that, listen, I got two beautiful daughters that I love dearly.
Well, I think that's probably what most people agree on this in an election, whether they're Trump people.
You know, now there's a little bit of a separation between Trump voters, Republican Party, and even Democrats and people like...
And Citizen United was a monumental court case that started letting super PACs and PACs give billions of dollars to Congress and senators indirectly.
And what I wanted to kind of talk to you about is the difference between – so here where Mississippi, for right or for wrong over the last 30 years, has somewhat split – As far as visibility goes, where it's like, oh, white people are Republicans, black people are Democrats.
When they talk about historical campaigns nationwide, a lot of the systems and trends grew out of Mississippi in the deep south in the 60s and 70s.
you've got a chance to shake babies and kiss hands is what i like to say yeah to go in a situation where you meet people because you just mentioned harry sanders and other republican leaders yeah you work in a very conservative district for district attorney and with a bunch of very conservative sheriffs yep and so far everything i've heard the feedback and this is behind closed doors they're liking what you're doing everybody likes we're doing with drug courts working with these guys Um, can you talk about how that translates from something locally where you will, you'll have situations where you will meet people here who are, might be white conservatives or just conservatives who normally wouldn't vote for you, but nobody knows when you're in that voting booth, nobody's watching.
Are you, do you feel like you're in essentially in a situation where you've got to meet as many people as possible? And if they meet you, you think you'd get their vote?
The more people meet me, the more people understand my values, the more attention I get to our campaign, the better off we are.
Because, as you said, Colin, when I ran for district attorney in 2015, nobody told me it was going to be easy.
Your predecessor, the demographics of the district are of a nature that you're not going to be able to win.
And I just believe that there is a common Mississippi value that's greater than all these things that divide us.
And so that's why I've had confidence to run for positions that people thought were not possible.
And so for me running for this election, I have confidence I have ultimate confidence that the majority of Mississippians will give me a fair shot if they understand who I am, why I'm running, what my issues are, and they understand that, listen, I got two beautiful daughters that I love dearly.
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