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Verified July 31, 2026

CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Republican, of Brookhaven, MS; born in Brookhaven, MS, May 10, 1959; education: A.A., Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson, MS; B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1981; professional history: cattle farmer; member, Mississippi State Senate, 2000-12; commissioner, Agriculture and Commerce, State of Mississippi, 2012-18; election history: appointed to the U.S. Senate on April 2, 2018, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, sworn in on April 9, 2018; elected to the U.S. Senate in a runoff election on November 27, 2018, to fill the remaining two years of Cochran's term, becoming the first woman elected to represent Mississippi in Congress; reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 3, 2020.

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