# ‘Pick another protein’: A cattle rancher senator’s answer on beef prices could give Democrats their first Mississippi Senate win since 1982

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:39:37+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/06/beef-prices-ad-mississippi-senate-race-democrat-republican-colom-hyde-smith/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/pick-another-protein-a-cattle-rancher-senator-s-answer-on-beef-prices--d20d5b/

Trump called affordability a ‘fake word.’ Scott Colom’s ad turned her ‘so many proteins’ line into the race’s defining moment.

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