Cindy Hyde-Smith
RIncumbentFEC S8MS00261
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Raised this cycle$4.6M
Cash on hand: $1.4M
2026 race
MS — U.S. Senate
3 candidates on the November ballot. Incumbent: Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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How we got here · 2 earlier contests
Democratic primary · Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Called by manual backfill (AP/Wikipedia/state SOS)
Scott ColomWon72.9%
- DPriscilla Williams TillDefeated18.6%
- DAlbert LittellDefeated8.5%
Republican primary · Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Called by manual backfill (AP/Wikipedia/state SOS)
Cindy Hyde-SmithWon80.8%
- RSarah Anne AdlakhaDefeated19.2%
Election held
Counting
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Results appear here once a race is called and verified. Official returns from the Mississippi Secretary of State.
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Disclosed money in race
$12M
Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.
Incumbent
Currently in office
Challengers
Sorted by fundraising
Scott Colom
DChallengerFEC S6MS00133
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Raised this cycle$4.4M
Cash on hand: $1.0M
Ty Pinkins
IChallengerFEC S4MS00187
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Raised this cycle$105K
Cash on hand: $4K
3 defeated candidates — show
Sarah Anne Adlakha
RDefeatedChallengerFEC S6MS00109
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Raised this cycle$566K
Cash on hand: $10K
Priscilla Williams Till
DDefeatedChallengerFEC S6MS00158
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Raised this cycle$9K
Cash on hand: $0
Albert Littell
DDefeatedChallengerFEC S6MS00117
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Raised this cycle$0
Cash on hand: $0
Local signal
Early read on MS — U.S. Senate
A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.
Coverage tone · the matchup
Recent news coverage of the nominees heading to the general election.
Cindy Hyde-Smithleans negative
0 pos21 neutral1 neg22 articles
Scott Colomleans positive
3 pos20 neutral0 neg23 articles
A media signal, not a poll of the district.
Constituent stakes
No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.
Money in the race
Finance breakdown
Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.
Candidate fundraising: FEC reports through October 14, 2026 · 2025–26 cycle
Total disclosed
$12M
Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).
Candidate-direct (Schedule A)
$9.7M
Raised by candidate committees themselves.
Outside spending (Schedule E)
$2.4M
$919K for · $1.5M against
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Colom(D) + BLACKPAC $411K + FULCRUM PAC $322K + VOTE COURAGE 4 DEMOCRACY FUND $23K | $4.4M | $785K | — | $5.2M |
Cindy Hyde-Smith(R)incumbent + CONSERVATIVE LEADERS OF AMERICA $134K − AB PAC $1.4M − NEW SOUTHERN MAJORITY IE PAC $77K | $4.6M | $134K | $1.5M | $3.3M |
Ty Pinkins(I) | $105K | — | — | $105K |
3 defeated candidates — show finances
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarah Anne Adlakha(R)defeated | $566K | — | — | $566K |
Priscilla Williams Till(D)defeated | $9K | — | — | $9K |
Albert Littell(D)defeated | $0 | — | — | $0 |
Where the money comes from
In-state vs out-of-state
Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside MS versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.
Scott Colom(D)32% in-state · $1.7M itemized
$536K in-state$1.2M out-of-state
Cindy Hyde-Smith(R)45% in-state · $2.5M itemized
$1.1M in-state$1.3M out-of-state
Ty Pinkins(I)39% in-state · $33K itemized
$13K in-state$20K out-of-state
2 defeated candidates — show
Sarah Anne Adlakha(R)defeated63% in-state · $65K itemized
$41K in-state$24K out-of-state
Priscilla Williams Till(D)defeated75% in-state · $2K itemized
$1K in-state$375 out-of-state
What's counted, what isn't
Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.
Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.
In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.
Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.
Where they stand
Issue-by-issue comparison
Positions extracted from each candidate's campaign issues page by AI. Contested rows — where candidates disagree with each other — appear first.
| Statement | Hyde-smith | Colom | Pinkins | You |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Immigration The U.S. should do more to enforce immigration laws and secure the border. | — | |||
Criminal Justice The federal government should send more money to local police departments. | — | |||
Economy The federal minimum wage should be raised. | — | |||
Economy Reducing the national debt should be a higher priority than new spending. | — | |||
Healthcare Enhanced ACA premium subsidies should be made permanent at expanded levels. | — | |||
Governance & Other Outside political spending — from PACs and super PACs — should be limited more strictly. | — | |||
Technology When the government uses AI, it should be required to disclose how those systems work. | — | |||
Trade Presidents should be able to impose broad tariffs unilaterally under emergency powers (IEEPA-style authority). | — |
SupportsOpposesNo public positionRinged = confirmed by the campaign
Recent coverage
In the news
Scott Colom
- Mississippi Senate midterm race unresolved with surprisingly competitive challenge by DemocratCBS NewsNov 4
- Julia Letlow narrowly wins Louisiana’s U.S. Senate election as other Republicans fallThe Times-PicayuneNov 4
- Kamala Harris urges a ‘too big to rig’ turnout for the midterms and tees off on TrumpThe Virginian-PilotOct 31
- Ron Faucheux: What to watch for — and when — on Election NightThe Times-PicayuneOct 31
About this race page
Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.
Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.
News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.