If you had to pick one political advertisement to sum up voters' biggest economic beef heading into the midterms, it might have been the one about, well, beef:
A viral spot for Mississippi's Democratic Senate candidate, Scott Colom, making fun of his opponent's comment that people should simply "pick another protein" to deal with higher beef prices.
Why it matters: The spiking cost of red meat really rankled this year — perhaps rivaled only by the price of gas as the hottest, most painful economic indicator of 2026.
