Mississippi Senate Election Results: Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Mike Espy

CandidatePartyVotesPct.
Hyde-Smith* Cindy Hyde-Smith*Republican Rep.479,27853.9%
Espy Mike EspyDemocrat Dem.410,69346.1%

889,971 votes, 100% reporting (1,797 of 1,797 precincts)

* Incumbent

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Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who was appointed to the Senate this year, faces Mike Espy, a Democrat and former congressman, in a special election runoff on Tuesday after neither candidate won a majority on Election Day. The election was held to fill the seat of Senator Thad Cochran, who retired earlier this year for health reasons.

Although Mississippi is a deeply conservative state, a series of remarks by Ms. Hyde-Smith that were widely condemned as racist and insensitive have led Democrats to believe that they might have a chance to defeat her.

— ALAN BLINDER

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Results Map

Vote share

Dem. 50 60 70
Rep. 50 60 70
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CountyHyde-SmithEspyRpt.
Hinds
18,265
61,115
100%
Rankin
34,176
13,733
100%
Harrison
28,095
19,217
100%
DeSoto
25,248
17,470
100%
Madison
21,593
18,544
100%
Jackson
22,515
12,082
100%
Lee
16,420
9,280
100%
Forrest
10,628
10,041
100%
Jones
13,409
6,933
100%
Lauderdale
11,644
8,500
100%
Lowndes
9,246
9,735
100%
Lamar
13,151
4,877
100%
Lafayette
7,701
7,511
100%
Warren
6,356
7,290
100%
Pearl River
10,284
2,805
100%
Oktibbeha
5,639
7,213
100%
Lincoln
8,536
4,007
100%
Pike
5,782
6,631
100%
Washington
3,443
8,895
100%
Monroe
7,113
4,727
100%
Hancock
8,701
3,045
100%
Panola
4,929
6,077
100%
Marshall
4,455
6,316
100%
Copiah
4,664
5,821
100%
Bolivar
3,194
7,099
100%
Adams
3,864
6,033
100%
Pontotoc
7,288
2,046
100%
Alcorn
7,105
2,073
100%
Marion
5,473
3,120
100%
Leflore
2,454
6,008
100%
Simpson
5,144
3,277
100%
Tate
4,930
3,209
100%
Yazoo
3,440
4,585
100%
Clay
3,032
4,934
100%
Scott
4,315
3,466
100%
Union
6,180
1,533
100%
Grenada
3,941
3,543
100%
Neshoba
5,205
2,155
100%
Sunflower
2,031
5,272
100%
Wayne
4,036
3,042
100%
Prentiss
5,206
1,835
100%
Newton
4,637
2,276
100%
Winston
3,556
3,232
100%
Covington
3,824
2,850
100%
Itawamba
5,714
930
100%
Leake
3,534
3,098
100%
Coahoma
1,600
4,950
100%
Jasper
2,785
3,653
100%
Tippah
4,867
1,562
100%
Holmes
918
5,180
100%
Chickasaw
2,849
2,993
100%
Attala
3,254
2,559
100%
Smith
4,179
1,496
100%
George
4,787
854
100%
Clarke
3,483
2,152
100%
Tishomingo
4,549
889
100%
Lawrence
3,217
1,903
100%
Stone
3,719
1,341
100%
Walthall
2,713
2,310
100%
Amite
2,907
2,093
100%
Jeff Davis
1,792
3,197
100%
Calhoun
3,041
1,505
100%
Yalobusha
2,280
2,184
100%
Tallahatchie
1,691
2,691
100%
Noxubee
896
3,194
100%
Carroll
2,604
1,421
100%
Webster
2,931
841
100%
Montgomery
2,036
1,708
100%
Perry
2,698
1,046
100%
Humphreys
844
2,658
100%
Kemper
1,270
2,207
100%
Franklin
1,954
1,239
100%
Jefferson
385
2,807
100%
Greene
2,420
660
100%
Claiborne
420
2,533
100%
Wilkinson
851
1,966
100%
Choctaw
1,839
932
100%
Benton
1,386
1,218
100%
Tunica
576
1,915
100%
Quitman
684
1,788
100%
Sharkey
530
1,263
100%
Issaquena
227
304
100%
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