Cindy Hyde-Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cindy Hyde-Smith

American politician

Date of Birth: 10-May-1959

Place of Birth: Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States

Profession: politician, farmer, celebrity

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Cindy Hyde-Smith (born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Mississippi, in office since 2018.
A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate. Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Hyde-Smith is a graduate of Copiah-Lincoln Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi.
In 1999 she was elected to the Mississippi State Senate as a Democrat.
She represented the 39th district from 2000 to 2012.
In 2010 Hyde-Smith switched parties and became a Republican, citing her conservative beliefs.
Hyde-Smith was elected Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner in 2011, the first woman elected to that office. On March 21, 2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced his intention to appoint Hyde-Smith to the United States Senate seat being vacated due to the resignation of Thad Cochran.
Hyde-Smith was sworn into office on April 9, 2018.
She is the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress.Hyde-Smith was a candidate in the 2018 U.S.
Senate special election for the remainder of Cochran's term, which expires in 2021.
She finished first in the top-two general election on November 6, 2018, but did not receive more than 50% of the vote, thus advancing to a November 27 special runoff election versus Mike Espy.
Hyde-Smith won the runoff election, becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi.