Looking back at Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Senate career

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Cindy Hyde-Smith became the first woman to represent Mississippi in Washington.

Gov. Phil Bryant appointed Hyde-Smith in 2018 to fill the seat following the resignation of Sen. Thad Cochran.

She was re-elected in 2020 after winning against former Mississippi congressman and U.S. agriculture secretary Mike Espy.

Before her appointment, Hyde-Smith served as Mississippi agriculture commissioner from 2012 through 2018. She was the first woman to hold that statewide office.

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