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The 2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Mississippi, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won reelection to a full term against Democratic nominee Mike Espy, in a rematch of the 2018 special election. Despite being outspent nearly four to one, [1] Hyde-Smith won by a ten-point margin; however, she underperformed Republican president Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by around 6 points.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent) | 235,463 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 235,463 | 100.0% |
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Democratic | Mike Espy | 250,496 | 93.12% | |
Democratic | Tobey Bartee | 11,148 | 4.14% | |
Democratic | Jensen Bohren | 7,345 | 2.74% | |
Total votes | 268,989 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [18] | Likely R | October 29, 2020 |
Inside Elections [19] | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos [21] | Safe R | October 30, 2020 |
Politico [22] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
RCP [23] | Lean R | October 23, 2020 |
DDHQ [24] | Likely R | November 3, 2020 |
538 [25] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
Economist [26] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) | Mike Espy (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Data For Progress [46] | October 27 – November 1, 2020 | 562 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 50% | 47% | 4% [lower-alpha 1] | – |
Civiqs/Daily Kos [47] | October 23–26, 2020 | 507 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 52% | 44% | 3% [lower-alpha 2] | 2% |
The Progress Campaign (D) [48] | October 23, 2020 | – (V) [lower-alpha 3] | – | 48% | 43% | – | – |
Tyson Group (R) [49] [upper-alpha 1] | August 28–30, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 41% | 40% | – | 18% |
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) [50] [upper-alpha 2] | July 30 – August 9, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47% | 42% | 3% [lower-alpha 4] | 8% |
Public Policy Polling (D) [51] [upper-alpha 3] | May 27–28, 2020 | 871 (V) | ± 3.3% | 49% | 41% | – | 10% |
Impact Management Group (R) [52] | May 4–7, 2020 | 606 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 58% | 31% | 3% [lower-alpha 5] | 9% [lower-alpha 6] |
Tyson Group (R) [49] [upper-alpha 1] | March 10–12, 2020 | 600 (LV) | – | 54% | 28% | – | 18% |
The Progress Campaign (D) [53] | March 3–7, 2020 | 826 (V) | – | 52% | 44% | – | 4% [lower-alpha 7] |
Mason-Dixon [54] | February 26–28, 2020 | 625 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 53% | 43% | – | 4% |
Chism Strategies [55] | January 3–7, 2020 | 618 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 44% | 36% | – | 20% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent) | 709,511 | 54.11% | +0.48% | |
Democratic | Mike Espy | 578,691 | 44.13% | −2.24% | |
Libertarian | Jimmy Edwards | 23,152 | 1.77% | N/A | |
Total votes | 1,311,354 | 100.00% | |||
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Hyde-Smith won 3 of 4 congressional districts. [58]
District | Hyde-Smith | Espy | Representative |
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1st | 60% | 38% | Trent Kelly |
2nd | 33% | 66% | Bennie Thompson |
3rd | 58% | 41% | Michael Guest |
4th | 63% | 34% | Steven Palazzo |
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Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
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