For many, this latest foray into Mississippi politics further solidifies the belief that Adlakha, no longer a Mississippi resident, was a “Democratic plant,” “coordinating” with Hyde-Smith’s Democrat opponent all along.
Sarah Adlakha is back, this time appearing in an ad funded by Government That Works PAC calling herself a “lifelong Republican” and comparing Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi with less than a week until the November 3 election.
Adlakha, a native of Illinois, ran against Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s Republican Primary in March, only able to muster 19% of the vote.
In August, Adlakha posted on Facebook that she had moved to Alabama after living in Mississippi the last 13 years and only registering to vote in the Magnolia State in 2024.
Republican onlookers openly questioned Adlakha’s conservative chops from the outset of her entry in the primary race. They pointed to her opposition to a Republican mayoral candidate in Jackson County in 2025, her past praise of Kamala Harris, and seemingly synchronized messaging with Democrat Scott Colom’s campaign.
For many, this latest foray into Mississippi politics further solidifies the belief that Adlakha, no longer a Mississippi resident, was a “Democratic plant,” “coordinating” with Hyde-Smith’s Democrat opponent all along.
Jake Monssen, campaign manager for Hyde-Smith, called Adlakha’s move “delusional behavior.”
“Imagine getting beat so badly in your primary that you have to move states and then cut an ad trying to tell Mississippians who to vote for,” Monssen said.
Government That Works PAC has spent over $1.8 million in ads targeting Hyde-Smith and pushing Colom this cycle, the second largest outside money spend by any PAC supporting the Democrat.
The Adlakha ad this week calls Hyde-Smith “part of the club,” while using Colom’s talking points to attack the incumbent Republican. The narrative includes knocks on Hyde-Smith’s fundraising and certain votes the Senator has taken that Colom’s campaign either finds objectionable or has repeatedly used out of context.
One such vote cited in the ad was sourced from a January article from Magnolia Tribune that reported on Adlakha and Colom spinning a committee vote on a proposed amendment related to stock trading that was ruled to be not germane to the measure at hand.
The U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee met in December to consider S. Res. 526, a resolution meant to withhold the pay of Senators if a government shutdown occurs. It was authored by Louisiana Senator John Kennedy (R). The committee holds a 9 to 8 Republican to Democrat majority and is chaired by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R). During the committee meeting, two Democrat Senators offered amendments to the resolution, both of which were tabled by straight party line votes as they were not germane to the measure under consideration.
As reported, such “show votes” are common as members of one party attempt to pigeonhole those in the opposite party on an issue to “put them on record.” These votes are then often shared without nuance and context, as is now being done again with this latest Adlakha ad.
Another talking point cited in the new Adlakha ad sourced another Magnolia Tribune article from January. This time, however, Adlakha repeated her own words in the ad as referenced in the article to make a point against Hyde-Smith where Adlakha says the Senator “has accepted over $300,000 from registered lobbyists…”
In addition to the latest ad, the apparent coordination between Adlakha and Colom also extends to the now viral ad pushed by Colom where he shares a clip of Hyde-Smith being asked about the cost of beef. Colom uses the line, “Pick another protein?” and then says, “Pick another Senator.”
But that idea for an ad against Hyde-Smith did not originate from Colom. Adlakha shared a similar social media ad in February.
-- Article credit to Frank Corder for the Magnolia Tribune --
