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Cindy Hyde-Smith Cindy Hyde-Smith official photo.jpg United States Senator from Mississippi Incumbent Assumed office April 9, 2018

Serving with Roger Wicker Appointed by Phil Bryant Preceded by Thad Cochran 7th Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce In office January 10, 2012 – April 1, 2018 Governor Phil Bryant Preceded by Lester Spell Succeeded by Andy Gipson Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 39th district In office January 4, 2000 – January 10, 2012 Preceded by W. L. Rayborn Succeeded by Sally Doty Personal details Born Cindy Hyde May 10, 1959 (age 59)

Political party Republican (2010–present) Other political affiliations Democratic (before 2010)

Spouse(s) Michael Smith Children 1 Education Copiah–Lincoln Community College University of Southern Mississippi (BA)

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Brookhaven (Mississippi), V.S. 10 mei 1959 is een Amerikaanse politica en veehouder.

Zij is junior Senator voor de Mississippi (staat) en sinds 1 april 2018 in functie als lid van de Republikeinse Partij. Daarvoor was zij voorzitter van het Commissariaat van Landbouw en Handel en lid van de Senaat van Mississippi (staat).

Hyde-Smith is a graduate of Copiah-Lincoln Community College van Landbouw the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1999, she was elected to the Mississippi State Senate as a Democrat. She represented the 39th district from 2000 to 2012. In 2010, Hyde-Smith switched parties and became a Republican, citing her conservative beliefs.[3] Hyde-Smith was elected Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner in 2011, the first woman elected to that office.

On March 21, 2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced his intention to appoint Hyde-Smith to the United States Senate seat being vacated due to the resignation of Thad Cochran.[4] Hyde-Smith was sworn into office on April 9, 2018. She is the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress.[5]

Hyde-Smith was a candidate in the 2018 U.S. Senate special election for the remainder of Cochran's term, which expires in 2021.[6] She finished first in the top-two general election on November 6, 2018, but did not receive more than 50% of the vote, thus advancing to a November 27 special runoff election versus Mike Espy. Hyde-Smith won the runoff election,[7] becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi.[8]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Early political career 3 Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 4 U.S. Senate 4.1 Appointment 4.2 Special election campaign, 2018 5 Political positions 5.1 Fiscal policy 5.2 Health care 5.3 Social issues 5.4 Confederate States of America 6 Personal life 7 Electoral history 7.1 2003 7.2 2007 7.3 2011 7.4 2015 7.5 2018 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Afkomst en opleiding

Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, the daughter of Lorraine Hyde and Luther Hyde, and grew up in Monticello, Mississippi. She attended Lawrence County Academy in Monticello, a segregation academy established in response to Supreme Court rulings ordering the desegregation of public schools.[9] The school's team nickname was the Rebels; the mascot was a "Col. Reb" who carried a Confederate flag.[9]

She graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi.[10]

Early political career Hyde-Smith was a member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 39th District from 2000 to 2012.[11] She had a conservative voting record in the state Senate,[12] and in 2010, she switched parties from Democratic to Republican.[10] Hyde-Smith's switch made the Senate equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, with each holding 26 seats.[12]

Hyde-Smith chaired the Senate Agriculture committee from 2004 to 2012 and was a member of the Appropriations, Constitution, Corrections, Elections, Forestry, Public Health and Welfare, Veterans and Military Affairs, and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks committees. She was also Vice Chair of the National Agriculture Committee of State Legislators.[10]

Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Hyde-Smith was elected in 2011 and took office on January 5, 2012.[13]

Hyde-Smith was elected to a second term as commissioner as 2015, defeating Democratic nominee Addie Lee Green.[14]

U.S. Senate

Vice President Mike Pence swears in Smith at the Old Senate Chamber in 2018 Appointment On March 21, 2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced Hyde-Smith as his choice to fill the United States Senate seat held by Thad Cochran, who indicated he would be resigning the seat at a later date due to ongoing health issues.[15] Cochran resigned on April 1, and Bryant formally appointed Hyde-Smith on April 2.[2] Hyde-Smith became the first woman to represent Mississippi in the United States Congress. The Senate was in a district work period and was not conducting legislative business at that time, so she did not take the oath of office until the Senate reconvened for legislative business on April 9.[16] Hyde-Smith announced that she would seek election to the seat in the 2018 special election on November 6.[17]

Special election campaign, 2018

Main article: United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2018 The Trump administration reportedly did not support Hyde-Smith's appointment because of her history as a Democrat,[18][19] but in August, Trump endorsed her candidacy.[20] He stumped for Hyde-Smith in suburban north Mississippi.[21]

Hyde-Smith declined to debate her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, before the November 6 special election; Cochran had often done the same.[22] After she and Espy each finished with about 41 percent of the vote,[23] she agreed to debate Espy on November 20.[24] The run-off election was held on November 27, 2018. With nearly 99% of the vote counted, Hyde-Smith was declared the winner with 53.8% of the vote.[25][26]

During the run-off campaign, while appearing with cattle rancher Colin Hutchinson in Tupelo, Mississippi, Hyde-Smith said, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row." Hyde-Smith's comment immediately drew harsh criticism, given Mississippi's notorious history of lynchings and public executions of African-Americans. In response to the criticism, Hyde-Smith downplayed her comment as "an exaggerated expression of regard" and characterized the backlash as "ridiculous."[27][28][29][30][31][32]

Hyde-Smith joined Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant at a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi on November 12, 2018, where she was asked repeatedly about her comment by reporters. In the footage, Hyde-Smith adamantly refused to provide any substantive answer to reporters' questions, responding on five occasions with variations of, "I put out a statement yesterday, and that's all I'm gonna say about it."[33][34] When reporters redirected questions to Bryant, he defended Hyde-Smith's comment, and changed the subject to abortion, saying he was "confused about where the outrage is at about 20 million African American children that have been aborted."[35]

On November 15, 2018, Hyde-Smith appeared in a video clip saying that it would be "a great idea" to make it more difficult for liberals to vote.[36] Her campaign stated that Hyde-Smith was making an obvious joke, and the video was selectively edited. Both this and the "public hanging" video were released by Lamar White Jr., a Louisiana blogger and journalist.[37]

Confederate States of America

In 2007, Hyde-Smith voted for a resolution that praised a Confederate States Army soldier for his efforts to "defend his homeland".[64] During her first term in the Mississippi Senate, she proposed renaming a state highway after Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but the legislation did not pass.[65] In 2014, Hyde-Smith posted a photo of herself at Davis' home, Beauvoir, wearing a Confederate cap and carrying a rifle, with the caption "Mississippi history at its best!"[64]

Personal life

Hyde-Smith is married to a cattle farmer, Mike Smith. They are members of the Macedonia Baptist Church. They have a daughter, Anna-Michael, who graduated in May 2017 from Brookhaven Academy, a segregation academy.[66][67] Hyde-Smith is a member of the American Cancer Society, the Junior Auxiliary, Hospice, the Mississippi Cattleman's Association, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, the National Rifle Association, Mississippi National Guard Legislative Caucus, and the Copiah Lincoln Community College Foundation Board.[68]