Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Cindy Hyde-Smith ran for U.S. Senate in MS in 2026 as a Republican (lost).

American politician (born 1959)

IncumbentU.S. Senate - MSRepublicanLostVugol ID VM-17C-QX7K FEC S8MS00261

Ran for U.S. Senate, MS, 2026 · Lost to Scott Colom (Democratic), 48.6% to 49.3%. Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia, read 2026-11-14

On the Mississippi ballot, Nov 3, 2026 US Senator, 3 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.

Link: vugol.me/p/cindy-hyde-smith

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Races

2026 · U.S. Senate, MS · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
2020 · U.S. Senate, MS · General · Republican · won · 709,511 votes (54.1%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. Senate, MS · Special · Republican · won · 389,995 votes (41.3%) · source
2018 · U.S. Senate, MS · Primary · Republican · result not on file · source

Background

Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi.

A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and from 2000 to 2012 in the Mississippi State Senate.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-31 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Hyde-Smith

In the news

The Numbers Behind Scott Colom’s Stunning Upset in the Mississippi Senate RaceNew York Times · Nov 13
At the Races: Regional realignmentRoll Call · Nov 12
GOP governor and prominent Dems congratulate senator-elect on flipping Mississippi seat blueFox News · Nov 12
Republicans dazed by midterm election defeats grapple with what went wrongABC News · Nov 13
Democrats rally around Colom's historic Mississippi victoryThe Hill · Nov 11
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate raceDeseret News · Nov 11
‘I Had to Have Faith’: How a Democrat Defied Long Odds in Mississippi’s Senate RaceNew York Times · Nov 13
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seatNewsNation · Nov 11

Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · News about this race

Campaign finance

$6,279,659total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,395,724cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$5,045,478total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-10-14 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait, public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Hyde-Smith
Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120540
Official social accounts, congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8MS00261/
photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/

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