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Cindy Hyde-Smith

U.S. Senator (Class 2), MS

Republican Mississippi since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MS current
Mississippi
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MS
Mississippi
Republican Nov 28, 2018 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Mississippi
United States
Republican Nov 28, 2018 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MS
Mississippi
Republican Apr 9, 2018 Nov 27, 2018 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Mississippi
United States
Republican Apr 9, 2018 Nov 27, 2018 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.451, social dim. 0.331. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 29, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Yea Jan 27, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 14, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,003 recorded contributions totalling $1,004,473. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 624 of 1003 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 90 $307,145 31%
Corporate PAC 36 $228,899 23%
Small-dollar 495 $34,069 3%
Super PAC 3 $30,000 3%
Unclassified 379 $404,360 40%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$18,803 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,285 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC May 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,813 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND Super PAC Mar 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$10,000 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND Super PAC Mar 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$10,000 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND Super PAC Mar 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$9,342 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,347 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,145 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,958 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,603 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jul 8, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,443 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Feb 6, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,308 WINRED CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 FREEMAN, JOHN CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Big donor Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 SEEMANN, WILLIAM III CINDY HYDE-SMITH FOR US SENATE Big donor Jun 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

  • S 4805 US · Jun 17, 2026
    A bill to require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production.
  • S 3878 US · Jun 10, 2026
    A bill to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Social media

Recent posts

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