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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $3,825,454.97
- Total disbursements
- $1,759,323.10
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $3,825,454.97 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $1,578,952.00
- Itemized
- $1,578,952.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 2311 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,578,952.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $11,567.00;Transactions: 101;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $5,370.00;Transactions: 54;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $89,306.00;Transactions: 100;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $58,218.00;Transactions: 105;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $74,352.00;Transactions: 111;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $199,860.00;Transactions: 215;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $73,687.00;Transactions: 85;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $375,658.00;Transactions: 333;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $271,036.00;Transactions: 355;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $10,755.00;Transactions: 72;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $34,009.00;Transactions: 76;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $165,855.00;Transactions: 199;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $11,791.00;Transactions: 116;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $98,988.00;Transactions: 145;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $98,500.00;Transactions: 244;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,578,952.00 across 2,297 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $21,382.00;Transactions: 1,076 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $51,722.00;Transactions: 206 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $134,890.00;Transactions: 272 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $437,734.00;Transactions: 426 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $933,224.00;Transactions: 317 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 54% in district
- District share basis
- $857,499.00 in district and $721,453.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $1,578,952.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| MS | Dollars: $857,499.00;Transactions: 881;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $159,009.00;Transactions: 300;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| CT | Dollars: $73,000.00;Transactions: 32;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| VA | Dollars: $65,490.00;Transactions: 55;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| GA | Dollars: $60,383.00;Transactions: 106;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $363,571.00;Transactions: 937;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $1,578,952.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| DREYFUS, BARRY | $8,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| BODE, JOHN | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| OSWALT, ALAN | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| PHILLIPS, JOHN F. III | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| FLOWERS, R B. JR. | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| COSTAS, THEO P. JR | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DANE, LESLIE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FAISON, JAY | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FERTITTA, FRANK III | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FERTITTA, JILL A. | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
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 | $706,216.00 | 1410 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $40,050.00 | 17 transactions |
| TENAX AEROSPACE | $22,500.00 | 10 transactions |
| HORNE | $19,035.00 | 17 transactions |
| NTC GROUP | $14,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | $12,500.00 | 8 transactions |
| GRESHAM PETROLEUM CO. | $11,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| ENTERGY | $10,750.00 | 10 transactions |
| US MARINE INC | $8,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| SIMMONS CATFISH | $7,750.00 | 4 transactions |
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 | $105,535.00 | 58 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $105,535.00 and 58 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