Elections · U.S. Senate · Mississippi
2026 Mississippi Senate race
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican), Scott Colom (Democrat) and Ty Pinkins (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, as recorded September 21, 2026.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Mississippi Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2018 · Age 67
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Mississippi
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 150,641 votes
- Scott Colom Won: 72.9% 109,817
- Priscilla Williams-Till: 18.6% 28,075
- Albert Littell: 8.5% 12,749
Primary source: Mississippi Secretary of State official Democratic primary recapitulation.
The primary · 158,196 votes
- Cindy Hyde-Smith Won: 80.8% 127,852
- Sarah Adlakha: 19.2% 30,344
Primary source: Mississippi Secretary of State official Republican primary recapitulation.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $8.5M
- Outside money
- $5.4M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Cindy Hyde-Smith $776K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
4 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+10 in 2020
- Cindy Hyde-Smith Won: 54.1%
- Mike Espy: 44.1%
1,311,354 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.8%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between February 18, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.