Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress.
The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script for the viral “pick another protein” campaign ad that mocked outgoing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) for saying Americans “have so many proteins to choose from” other than beef, which has become more expensive in the United States over the past few years.
The ad featured three ordinary Mississippi residents who were upset with Hyde-Smith’s response. At the end of the 30-second ad, Colom urged voters to “pick another senator instead.”
The Colom twins also displayed their acting chops in a Halloween-themed spoof of the 2025 hit horror film Sinners, which starred actor Michael B. Jordan in the lead role as twin brothers.
The video, titled “Sinators,” featured a Hyde-Smith impersonator asking the Colom twins to let her in and give her one more chance as senator. The plot of Sinners centered on bloodthirsty vampires asking to be invited into the local 1930s juke joint. In the spoof, the Hyde-Smith actress came across as a vampire because she disintegrated when the Colom twins rejected her plea.
One of the identical brothers picked up his anachronistic smartphone and said: “Pastor, we need the whole congregation. Tell everybody that we need them to vote, even out in the rural counties.”
Underneath the video posted on X, Colom commented, “God Bless me with a Twin!”
WHO IS SCOTT COLOM, AND HOW DID HIS VIRAL ADS HELP SECURE MISSISSIPPI SENATE STUNNER?
The Associated Press called the Senate race for Colom on Wednesday, over one week after Mississippians voted. The Democratic candidate ultimately defeated the Republican incumbent by 0.7 points. Colom consistently held his narrow lead, even after mail-in ballots were counted by Tuesday.
Besides becoming the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin, Colom will also make history as Mississippi’s first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
