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U.S. Senator from Mississippi · Class II

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican 3rd term On 2026 ballot

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$4.6M raised · top PACs: Young Victory Committee, American Cotton Shippers Assn, American Israel Public Affairs Committee Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 5 of 184 party-line votes (3%; most Republicans: 1%)
99LoyaltyMed 100
98AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 9
6BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2018–now
8 years in CongressMore senior than 24% of the Senate
Committees
  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 5th majority
  • Rules and Administration 6th majority
  • Appropriations 9th majority
Age
67

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date6274713479156
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—30040469122

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 15% 4%
Taxation 11% 13%
Health 16% 36%

StatementsBills

Words go to Health, Government Operations and Politics and Taxation; bills go to Health and Taxation.

  • She talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Cost of Living (Taxation), Health Care Coverage (Health), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 47 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairCommodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade SubcommitteeAgriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
ChairTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberJoint Committee of Congress on the Library3rd majority
MemberAgriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee5th majority

+3 more on Background

Chair of the Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade Subcommittee, more senior than 24% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 8 years in Congress: more senior than 24% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

16% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Hyde-Smith.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

16% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in her party: Graham Nordone and Fischer.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 32 · expected 59.5
Action in committee 4 · expected 8
Beyond committee 4 · expected 6
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1.5
Became law 0 · expected 0.5
EffectivenessRank 82 of 100 in the Senate

0.39expected 0.96 · average member 1.00

1 of 32 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.39 against a peer median of 0.96.

  • On the move: S. 3878 (out of committee), S. 2440 (out of committee), S. 2465 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.45

With her party on all 14 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 6 times (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 5 of 184.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Hyde-Smith$4.6M raised49%28%20%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

52% of what she raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$4.6M raised, 28% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2020): won by 10 points.

80 PACs of the 197 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. Young Victory Committee0% D
  2. American Cotton Shippers Assn34% D
  3. American Israel Public Affairs Committee31% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

144 bills

Hyde-Smith voted Yea on 11, and sponsored or cosponsored 133 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.