Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Official portrait of Cindy Hyde-Smith
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Mississippi (class 2)
Party
Republican
Born
1959
In Congress
Senate since 2018 · 8 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Mississippi with the whole state highlighted

Mississippi

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · MississippiIncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S8MS00261 · Principal campaign committee: CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Mississippi$4,646,802.99General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Mississippi$3,407,099.27Won the general election (54.11%)
Total raised$4,646,802.99
Total spent$3,720,843.06
Cash on hand$1,395,723.78
Debts owed by the campaign$60,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,413,365.50PACs and other committees: $1,281,550.00Party committees: $62,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $889,684.69Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $202.80
  • Individual contributions$2,413,365.5052%
  • PACs and other committees$1,281,550.0028%
  • Party committees$62,000.001%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$889,684.6919%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$202.800%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$146,807.166%
  • Contributions over $200$2,438,617.4494%
  • Itemized from inside Mississippi$1,120,584.4145%
  • Itemized from other states$1,348,191.4055%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Alabama $224,241.74 · Florida $211,761.18 · Virginia $125,936.28 · Connecticut $88,000.00 · District of Columbia $71,460.67. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $325,881.19APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $99,396.76JULY QUARTERLY: raised $909,946.08JULY QUARTERLY: spent $158,893.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,097,900.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $203,609.83YEAR-END: raised $424,939.17YEAR-END: spent $272,983.67PRE-PRIMARY: raised $132,742.31PRE-PRIMARY: spent $378,396.02APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $502,764.89APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $292,034.39JULY QUARTERLY: raised $431,280.40JULY QUARTERLY: spent $354,009.25OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $687,485.98OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $798,097.072025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea667
Voted nay231
Did not vote17 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored47
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored347

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S.Res. 951 A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality.
    Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Latest action Oct 15, 2026: Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered referred to the Committee on The Judiciary.
  • S. 5613 Ecuador Shrimp Tariff Act
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S.Res. 914 A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Cholesterol Education Month" and September 30, 2026, as "LDL-C Awareness Day".
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5123; text: CR S5075)
  • S.Res. 904 A resolution designating the week of September 20 through September 27, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020; text: CR S5008)
  • S.Res. 894 A resolution designating September 25, 2026, as "National Ataxia Awareness Day", and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a cure.
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4958; text: CR S4950-4951)
  • S. 5364 Rural Mothers and Fathers Choice Act
    Introduced Aug 7, 2026 · Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5322 Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Improvement Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S.Res. 825 A resolution commending Mississippi Christian University for 200 years of service to the State of Mississippi and the United States.
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4365; text: CR S4392-4393)
  • S. 4805 Save Our Shrimpers Act
    Introduced Jun 17, 2026 · Latest action Jun 17, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • S.Res. 665 A resolution designating April 2026 as "National Native Plant Month".
    Introduced Mar 27, 2026 · Latest action Mar 27, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1690; text: CR S1674-1675)

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

288 committees reported giving $1,352,314.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Cindy Hyde-Smith$133,948.39
  • Independent expenditures opposing Cindy Hyde-Smith$1,499,049.68
  • Electioneering communications naming Cindy Hyde-Smith$160,856.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Mississippi U.S. Senate, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)$4,646,802.99$1,395,723.782026-10-14
Scott Colom (D)$4,400,889.53$1,018,716.952026-10-14
Sarah Anne Adlakha (R)$566,184.12$9,729.372026-02-18
Ty Pinkins (I)$104,310.83$4,862.522026-09-30
Priscilla Williams Till (D)$8,584.39$0.002026-04-15
Priscilla Williams Till (D)$8,584.39$0.002026-04-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Data for Progress (D)August 5–15, 20261,018 (LV)± 3.0%Cindy Hyde-Smith 44% · Scott Colom 38% · Ty Pinkins 7%
Impact Research (D)April 8–12, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Cindy Hyde-Smith 42% · Scott Colom 39% · Ty Pinkins 6%
Impact Research (D)June 18–22, 2025500 (RV)± 4.4%Cindy Hyde-Smith 51% · Scott Colom 38%
Impact Research (D)April 8–12, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Cindy Hyde-Smith 33% · Generic Opponent 53%
Impact Research (D)June 18–22, 2025500 (RV)± 4.4%Cindy Hyde-Smith 38% · Generic Opponent 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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