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Cindy Hyde-Smith

Born 05/10/1959 · Brookhaven, MS
A
3 sourced actions
◆ The seat
OFFICE
Senate
STATE
Mississippi
PARTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY
STATUS
Incumbent
ELECTION
2026-11-03
Senate Rules and AdministrationJoint LibrarySenate Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate AppropriationsSenate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
◆ The record
3
SOURCED ACTIONS
1
FLOOR VOTES
2
FEC TRANSACTIONS
3 / 0
PRO / ANTI-2A
4
SCORECARDS
2026-06-16
LATEST ACTION
Community

The record (3)

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Graded on 3 sourced actions

FEC-recorded money between Second Amendment committees and this candidate, and recorded floor votes on gun bills, each with its official source. Community sentiment below never moves this grade.

Contact Cindy Hyde-Smith

  • DISTRICT · 2012 15th Street Suite 451 · Gulfport, MS · 39501
  • CAMPAIGN · 117 W. Cherokee Street Suite C · Brookhaven, MS · 39601
  • CAMPAIGN · Post Office Box 573 · Brookhaven, MS · 39602
  • CAMPAIGN · 2012 15th Street Suite 451 · Gulfport, MS · 39501
  • CAMPAIGN · 911 Jackson Ave. Rm. 249 · Oxford, MS · 38655
  • CAMPAIGN · 1020 Highland Colony Parkway Suite 203 · Ridgeland, MS · 39157
  • CAMPAIGN · 4716 Pepper Chase Drive · Southaven, MS · 38672
  • CAMPAIGN · 528 Hart Senate Office Building · Washington, DC · 20510-2405

Interest-group scorecards (4)

How advocacy groups on both sides score this candidate, reprinted as published. These are the groups’ judgments, not ours, and they never enter the grade above.

National
50%2023
3 earlier ratings
  • 2021-202282%
  • 202092%
  • 2017-201850%
About this group

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
66%2019-2020
About this group

We take the conservative policy visions outlined by our sister organization, The Heritage Foundation" (whose mission is: 'to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.' ) " and make them a reality. We ensure members of Congress hear directly from their constituents.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
100%2020
2 earlier ratings
  • 201892%
  • 2016-2022100%
About this group

The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. NRA relies on a very simple premise: when provided with the facts, the nation's elected officials will recognize that "gun control" schemes are an infringement on the Second Amendment and a proven failure in fighting crime. The importance of this premise lies in the knowledge that, as one U.S. Congressman put it: "The gun lobby is people."

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
100%2021-2022
2 earlier ratings
  • 202092%
  • 2018100%
About this group

To promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 12,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

Background

Education
  • Attended, Copiah Lincoln Community College
  • Attended, University of Southern Mississippi
Profession
  • Cattle Farmer
  • Consultant, Healthcare & Transportation Policy
Political career
  • Senator, Mississippi State Senate, 2000-present
  • Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, State of Mississippi, 2012-2018
  • Senator, United States Senate, March 21st, 2018
+3 more
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Mississippi, 2020
  • Senator, United States Senate, Mississippi, 2018-present
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Mississippi, 2026

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