What party is Cindy Hyde-Smith?

Cindy Hyde-Smith is running as a Republican.

Who is Cindy Hyde-Smith running against?

Scott Colom and Ty Pinkins, for Mississippi U.S. Senate.

How much money has Cindy Hyde-Smith raised?

$4.6M as of the latest FEC filings.

Should I vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith?

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Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican · Candidate for Mississippi U.S. Senate · November 3, 2026

Where they stand

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview). Senate roll-call votes, 119th Congress.

Source: data · how scores are linked to one scale.

Donor-based DIME score: moderately right.

AI read of their current public record: strongly right.

Issue by issue

Economy & taxes	Moderately right
Abortion	Strongly right

AI-estimated from their own website and Wikipedia article, only where they state a position.

Voting record in Congress

In the Senate (119th Congress, 915 votes): missed 1.9% of votes, voted with their party 99.3% of the time.

Sponsored 47 bills (0 became law), mostly on health, taxation, agriculture and food.

Source: Voteview.

Funding

$4.6M raised, $120K from small donors.

Largest committee donors	Amount
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Co	$197K
NRSC	$62K
Peopletec Inc. Political Action Committee (peopletec PAC)	$14K
National CORN Growers Association PAC (cornpac)	$13K
Committee Organized for the Trading of Cotton PAC of the ACS	$11K
National Multifamily Housing Council PAC	$10K
Honeywell International PAC	$10K
Dakota PAC	$10K

Source: FEC filings.

Outside spending

Independent groups reported $1.4M supporting and $10M opposing Cindy Hyde-Smith.

For
American Mission · AI industry	$989K
Conservative Leaders of America	$354K
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · Business / industry	$43K
Against
AB PAC · Progressive advocacy	$4.7M
Winsenate · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC	$2.4M
New Southern Majority IE PAC · Civil rights advocacy	$1.7M
New Deal for All, Inc. · Unknown (no stated mission)	$963K
Government That Works PAC · Independent / cross-party candidates	$358K
United Futures PAC · Unknown (no stated mission)	$300K

Source: FEC independent expenditures.

Endorsements

Endorsed by Donald Trump (source).

Executive branch officials: Donald Trump
U.S. senators: Roger Wicker
U.S. representatives: Trent Kelly, Michael Guest, Mike Ezell
Statewide officials: Tate Reeves, Delbert Hosemann, Lynn Fitch, David McRae, Shad White, Andy Gipson and 1 more
State legislators: Jason White, 72 state representatives, 34 state senators
Organizations: AIPAC, Maggie's List, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

More about Cindy Hyde-Smith

Campaign website · Wikipedia · FEC filings · Ballotpedia

Also running

Scott Colom · Democrat
Ty Pinkins · Independent

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Quick answers

What party is Cindy Hyde-Smith?: Cindy Hyde-Smith is running as a Republican.
Who is Cindy Hyde-Smith running against?: Scott Colom and Ty Pinkins, for Mississippi U.S. Senate.
How much money has Cindy Hyde-Smith raised?: $4.6M as of the latest FEC filings.
Is Cindy Hyde-Smith liberal or conservative?: On SpectrumVote's left–right scale, Cindy Hyde-Smith is moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview). This comes from published research, not our opinion.
Should I vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith?: SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Compare Cindy Hyde-Smith's record, funding and endorsements with the other candidates in this race and decide based on what matters to you.

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