News Wrap: Democrat Scott Colom defeats Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

Background: Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and from 2000 to 2012 in the Mississippi State Senate.³