The 2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Mississippi, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won reelection to a full term against Democratic nominee Mike Espy, in a rematch of the 2018 special election. Despite being outspent nearly four to one, Hyde-Smith won by a ten-point margin; however, she underperformed Republican president Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by around 6 points.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Cindy Hyde-Smith, incumbent U.S. senator
Declined Gerard Gibert, businessman and vice chairman of the Mississippi Lottery Board Chris McDaniel, incumbent state senator and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 and 2018 Josh Randle, former president of the Miss America Organization
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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mike Espy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture, former U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018
Eliminated in primary Tobey Bartee, former military intelligence officer and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 Jensen Bohren, teacher, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018
Declined J. P. Hughes Jr., state representative and candidate for lieutenant governor of Mississippi in 2019 Brandon Presley, member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission
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Other candidates Libertarian Party Nominee Jimmy Edwards
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2020 Inside Elections October 28, 2020 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 2, 2020Daily Kos October 30, 2020PoliticoNovember 2, 2020RCPOctober 23, 2020DDHQNovember 3, 2020538November 2, 2020EconomistNovember 2, 2020
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Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error CindyHyde-Smith (R) MikeEspy (D) Other UndecidedData For ProgressData For ProgressOctober 27 – November 1, 2020562 (LV)± 4.1%50%47%4% –Civiqs/Daily KosCiviqs/Daily KosOctober 23–26, 2020507 (LV)± 5.3%52%44%3%2%The Progress Campaign (D)The Progress Campaign (D)October 23, 2020 – (V) –48% 43% – –Tyson Group (R)Tyson Group (R)August 28–30, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4%41%40% –18%Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) July 30 – August 9, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4.1%47% 42% 3% 8%Public Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling (D) May 27–28, 2020 871 (V) ± 3.3%49% 41% – 10%Impact Management Group (R)Impact Management Group (R) May 4–7, 2020 606 (LV) ± 4.4%58% 31% 3% 9%Tyson Group (R)March 10–12, 2020600 (LV) –54%28% –18%The Progress Campaign (D)The Progress Campaign (D) March 3–7, 2020 826 (V) –52% 44% – 4%Mason-DixonMason-Dixon February 26–28, 2020 625 (LV) ± 4.0% 53% 43% – 4%Chism StrategiesChism Strategies January 3–7, 2020 618 (LV) ± 3.9% 44% 36% – 20%
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By county
CountyCindy Hyde-SmithRepublicanMike EspyDemocraticJimmy EdwardsLibertarianMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%Adams5,41639.378,19059.531521.10-2,774-20.1613,758Alcorn11,61674.293,64123.293782.427,97551.0115,635Amite4,34760.622,75038.35741.031,59722.277,171Attala4,88855.423,82443.361081.221,06412.068,820Benton2,32054.211,86843.64922.1545210.564,280Bolivar4,31731.409,33067.861020.74-5,013-36.4613,749Calhoun4,34165.862,13832.441121.702,20333.426,591Carroll3,71664.931,92333.60841.471,79331.335,723Chickasaw3,91347.964,13450.671121.37-221-2.718,159Choctaw2,81166.791,32031.36781.851,49135.424,209Claiborne55512.373,90787.05260.58-3,352-74.694,488Clarke5,16961.933,05336.581251.502,11625.358,347Clay4,00638.956,17159.991091.06-2,165-21.0510,286Coahoma2,13325.056,33774.41460.54-4,204-49.378,516Copiah6,06246.966,73052.131180.91-668-5.1712,910Covington5,60459.803,63738.811311.401,96720.999,372DeSoto43,17156.7631,11540.911,7682.3212,05615.8576,054Forrest16,07950.8114,87146.996952.201,2083.8231,645Franklin2,83363.561,57035.23541.211,26328.344,457George8,81180.721,84416.892602.386,96763.8310,915Greene4,39576.841,19620.911292.263,19955.935,720Grenada5,65451.725,12046.841571.445344.8910,931Hancock14,53770.025,65127.225732.768,88642.8020,761Harrison43,18057.0430,36740.122,1522.8412,81316.9375,699Hinds23,66123.6575,46775.449100.91-51,806-51.79100,038Holmes1,23015.256,79884.30360.45-5,568-69.058,064Humphreys1,02324.433,13574.87290.69-2,112-50.444,187Issaquena30945.3736753.8950.73-58-8.52681Itawamba8,81882.041,68015.632512.347,13866.4110,749Jackson33,60861.9319,33435.631,3252.4414,27426.3054,267Jasper4,10246.884,55652.07921.05-454-5.198,750Jefferson Davis2,40038.703,75860.59440.71-1,358-21.906,202Jefferson47612.163,42887.54120.31-2,952-75.383,916Jones19,91766.439,42231.436412.1410,49535.0129,980Kemper1,72036.402,96562.75400.85-1,245-26.354,725Lafayette12,12751.9010,80646.254321.851,3215.6523,365Lamar19,58868.888,15728.686932.4411,43140.2028,438Lauderdale17,08254.8913,53743.505011.613,54511.3931,120Lawrence4,22264.002,31835.14570.861,90428.866,597Leake4,99154.214,12344.79921.008689.439,206Lee22,73961.7013,37236.287452.029,36725.4236,856Leflore2,91426.727,93672.76570.52-5,022-46.0410,907Lincoln11,37867.725,25631.281681.006,12236.4416,802Lowndes13,01047.7913,84350.853691.36-833-3.0627,222Madison30,03853.4225,37445.128231.464,6648.2956,235Marion7,82164.194,17734.281871.533,64429.9112,185Marshall6,90443.968,59054.692121.35-1,686-10.7315,706Monroe10,51660.896,44137.293141.824,07523.5917,271Montgomery2,73853.812,26444.50861.694749.325,088Neshoba7,79767.023,60230.962342.014,19536.0611,633Newton6,65965.773,29032.491761.743,36933.2710,125Noxubee1,17822.074,13877.53210.39-2,960-55.465,337Oktibbeha8,59243.4510,87054.973131.58-2,278-11.5219,775Panola7,42547.607,95350.992201.41-528-3.3915,598Pearl River17,81475.335,05321.377803.3012,76153.9623,647Perry4,20471.241,55526.351422.412,64944.895,901Pike8,04446.379,04852.152571.48-1,004-5.7917,349Pontotoc10,80375.523,16422.123372.367,63953.4014,304Prentiss7,65172.222,71425.622292.164,93746.6010,594Quitman88327.272,30771.25481.48-1,424-43.983,238Rankin48,50268.8220,31528.821,6642.3628,18739.9970,481Scott5,93355.284,64943.321511.411,28411.9610,733Sharkey66330.401,51169.2870.32-848-38.882,181Simpson7,38162.434,30336.401381.173,07826.0411,822Smith6,20274.641,97723.791301.564,22550.858,309Stone5,60971.382,05126.101982.523,55845.287,858Sunflower2,62327.087,02072.48420.43-4,397-45.409,685Tallahatchie2,30940.593,31658.29641.12-1,007-17.705,689Tate8,07161.984,69436.052561.973,37725.9413,021Tippah7,39473.692,43224.242082.074,96249.4510,034Tishomingo7,21679.591,59417.582562.825,62262.019,066Tunica81422.782,71776.04421.18-1,903-53.263,573Union9,57275.632,66021.024243.356,91254.6112,656Walthall4,00556.542,99342.25861.211,01214.297,084Warren9,91247.1810,85351.652461.17-941-4.4821,011Washington4,89126.9413,15572.461090.60-8,264-45.5218,155Wayne5,98459.353,95439.221441.432,03020.1310,082Webster4,06775.621,19822.281132.102,86953.355,378Wilkinson1,29531.762,70266.27801.96-1,407-34.514,077Winston4,84652.324,30346.451141.235435.869,263Yalobusha3,41552.473,00546.17881.354106.306,508Yazoo4,55143.625,80455.63790.76-1,253-12.0110,434 Totals709,51154.11578,69144.1323,1521.77130,8209.981,311,354
By congressional district Hyde-Smith won three of four congressional districts. District Hyde-Smith Espy Representative 60% 38%Trent Kelly 33% 66%Bennie Thompson 58% 41%Michael Guest 63% 34%Steven Palazzo
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State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
Official campaign websites Mike Espy (D) for Senate Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) for Senate