BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat trying to unseat a Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi said Wednesday that he has received his “biggest endorsement yet,” from former President Barack Obama. “Mike Espy has a…
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger Mike Espy are divided on the question of whether to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court before the November election. With the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, an…
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith on Tuesday thanked the Defense Logistics Agency for granting her request to expedite the delivery of equipment necessary for rapid COVID-19 testing at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport. Hyde-Smith sought the machinery and supplies…
WASHINGTON (WXXV) — Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), applauded the announcement of a $7.9 million award from the Federal Transportation Administration to the Mississippi Coast Transit Authority (CTA). The CTA will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) are celebrating the award of $6,670,007 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to complete infrastructure work at the Pearl River Community College…
(WXXV) — Passenger rail restoration efforts along the Gulf Coast received a $5.45 million grant through the Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Grants Program. The announcement was made Sunday night by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and…
Mississippi's two United States Senators, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, both Republicans, have been staunch supporters of the Republican President. Here's what each had to say in response to President Trump's third State of the Union Address: "I applaud President…
It's official. Another candidate has filed to run in the race for Mississippi's United States Senate seat. On Thursday, Mike Espy officially submitted his paperwork in Jackson to be a candidate for U.S. Senate in the Mississippi Democratic primary this March.…
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith plans to seek a full six-year term as one of Mississippi’s two United States senators. Senator Hyde-Smith is officially filing for re-election at the Mississippi Republican Party Headquarters in Jackson. She was joined by fellow US Senator…
United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith plans to seek a full six-year term as one of Mississippi's two United States senators. Today at noon, Senator Hyde-Smith plans to officially file for re-election at the Mississippi Republican Party Headquarters in Jackson. She…
And Mississippi lawmakers have seen to it that they've helped bridge the gap to secure funding for a bridge in downtown Gulfport. U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with U.S. House Representative Steven Palazzo, have made a joint…
Federal funds have been landed to continue restoration work on Ship Island. US senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has just announced that more than $56 million dollars has been allocated to carry out phases three and four of the Barrier Island restoration…
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith made her way down to the Gulf Coast to speak in Gulfport. The senator spoke today at the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legislative Luncheon. Community members from the entire Coast were on hand to watch Hyde-Smith…
Want to get a leg up on legislation that will impact our entire state? The luncheon takes place Wednesday, August 14th at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Hospitality Resort Management Center. For more information call 228-604-0014.
The Coast Transit Authority is heading in a good direction thanks to a federal grant just announced and secured by Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo. The CTA will be given $744,000 dollars to help support…
Today, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith recommended the confirmation of U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden of Gulfport to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit. Wicker and Hyde-Smith introduced Ozerden at a…
While on a trip to the Gulf Coast, United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith visited with a local Gulfport organization. The senator toured Climb CDC, an organization that provides workforce training and development to 16 to 26-year-olds along with other academic…
The American public can now read most of the special counsel’s findings into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election. The more than 400 page report from Robert Mueller contains some redactions. Attorney General William Barr said every page of…
Nearly 250 people gathered today in Jackson County for the annual Jackson County Republican Women’s Founder’s day luncheon. This event celebrates outstanding Mississippi women including Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. It was a ‘who’s who’ of Mississippi Republicans in Moss Point on…
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith was sworn in today on Capitol Hill after winning her seat in the runoff election last month. Hyde-Smith was sworn in on the Senate floor. Afterwards, she took part in a ceremonial swearing in with Senator…
When Thad Cochran stepped down from his Senate seat in March it left a spot open to fill his shoes. Cindy Hyde-Smith was appointed by the governor shortly after. Now, nearly eight months later, she can officially stay in that…
Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the 2018 Senate runoff election. News 25's Gabby Easterwood is in Jackson, listening in on what Hyde-Smith had to say.
Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the 2018 U.S. Senate special election runoff. Image License Photo: United States Senate License Link
Tonight, the results will be final for a groundbreaking election, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has the chance to become the first woman elected to the Senate from Mississippi and former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy could the first African-American elected to the…