Hyde-Smith, Cindy
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) is an American politician and lobbyist 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. Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Hyde-Smith is a graduate of Copiah–Lincoln Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1999, she was elected to the Mississippi State Senate as a Democrat. She represented the 39th district from 2000 to 2012. In 2010, Hyde-Smith switched parties and became a Republican, citing her conservative beliefs. Hyde-Smith was elected Mississippi agriculture commissioner in 2011; she is the first woman to be elected to that office, and she was reelected in 2015. On March 21, 2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced his intention to appoint Hyde-Smith to the United States Senate seat being vacated due to the resignation of Thad Cochran. Hyde-Smith was sworn into office on April 9, 2018. She is the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress. Hyde-Smith won the 2018 special election for the remainder of Cochran's term, and was reelected in 2020.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Hyde-Smith, Cindy
- First name
- Cindy
- Last name
- Hyde-Smith
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Mississippi U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $750,573.65
- Total disbursements
- $593,395.67
- Cash on hand
- $476,763.85
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $60,000.00
Receipt components disclose $750,573.65 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $498,055.82;Share: 66.4%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $249,900.00;Share: 33.3%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $2,617.83;Share: 0.3%;Denominator: $750,573.65 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $410,074.00
- Itemized
- $410,074.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 2323 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $410,074.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $4,070.00;Transactions: 175;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $5,214.00;Transactions: 138;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $8,569.00;Transactions: 125;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $4,173.00;Transactions: 148;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $15,125.00;Transactions: 122;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $13,104.00;Transactions: 103;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $3,549.00;Transactions: 115;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $2,728.00;Transactions: 103;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $8,243.00;Transactions: 92;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $1,915.00;Transactions: 107;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $1,759.00;Transactions: 76;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $51,352.00;Transactions: 90;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $2,796.00;Transactions: 65;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $12,740.00;Transactions: 72;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $32,848.00;Transactions: 106;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $7,865.00;Transactions: 60;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $7,044.00;Transactions: 70;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $58,975.00;Transactions: 71;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $13,680.00;Transactions: 91;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $13,955.00;Transactions: 60;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $66,311.00;Transactions: 106;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $17,350.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $20,242.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $36,467.00;Transactions: 103;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $410,074.00 across 2,306 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $56,548.00;Transactions: 2,086 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $11,630.00;Transactions: 47 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $17,800.00;Transactions: 39 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $61,352.00;Transactions: 55 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $262,744.00;Transactions: 79 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 43% in district
- District share basis
- $177,675.00 in district and $232,399.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $410,074.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| MS | Dollars: $177,675.00;Transactions: 317;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| LA | Dollars: $45,097.00;Transactions: 83;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $33,206.00;Transactions: 376;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| SC | Dollars: $20,884.00;Transactions: 19;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $18,927.00;Transactions: 305;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $114,285.00;Transactions: 1,223;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $410,074.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| NICAUD, JENNIFER | $6,700.00 | 2 transactions |
| LUROS, HILARY | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| AUSTIN, DIONNE CHOUEST | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHOUEST, DINO | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| MCKEE, JACK | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| NICAUD, KENT G. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BESSENT, SCOTT | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| BORDELON, BEN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CASTLE, JOHN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| FREEMAN, JOHN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $172,867.00 | 1810 transactions |
| SEEMANN COMPOSITES | $23,600.00 | 8 transactions |
| BGR GROUP | $7,500.00 | 4 transactions |
| HORNE | $6,870.00 | 2 transactions |
| HOUSEWIFE | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| SEEMANN COMPOSITES INC | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| GULFPORT MEMORIAL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LLC | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CASTLE HARLAN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| HIGH PLAINS ACRES LLP | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $77,570.00 | 25 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $77,570.00 and 25 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S8MS00261
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S8MS00261
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S8MS00261
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:H001079
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S8MS00261:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- H001079
- fec_candidate_id
- S8MS00261
- fec_candidate_ids
- S8MS00261
- govtrack_id
- 412743
- wikidata_id
- Q5120540