Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 · MississippiIncumbentWon the general election (54.11%)

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$3,407,099.27
Total spent$3,292,470.82
Cash on hand$168,542.51
Debts owed by the campaign$60,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $2,157,870.19PACs and other committees: $1,165,817.80Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $81,269.11Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $2,142.17
  • Individual contributions$2,157,870.1963%
  • PACs and other committees$1,165,817.8034%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$81,269.112%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,142.170%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

278 committees reported giving $1,172,877.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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$25,457.12
  • Independent expenditures opposing Cindy Hyde-Smith$436,920.76
  • Company and union communications to members about Cindy Hyde-Smith$47.49

FEC totals for the 2020 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, 2020 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)$3,407,099.27$168,542.512020-12-31
Michael Espy (D)$12,320,919.34$175,593.082020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Data For ProgressOctober 27 – November 1, 2020562 (LV)± 4.1%Cindy Hyde-Smith 50% · Mike Espy 47%
Civiqs/Daily KosOctober 23–26, 2020507 (LV)± 5.3%Cindy Hyde-Smith 52% · Mike Espy 44%
The Progress Campaign (D)October 23, 2020– (V)–Cindy Hyde-Smith 48% · Mike Espy 43%
Tyson Group (R)August 28–30, 2020600 (LV)± 4%Cindy Hyde-Smith 41% · Mike Espy 40%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)July 30 – August 9, 2020600 (LV)± 4.1%Cindy Hyde-Smith 47% · Mike Espy 42%
Public Policy Polling (D)May 27–28, 2020871 (V)± 3.3%Cindy Hyde-Smith 49% · Mike Espy 41%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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