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 Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississ ...

, concurrently with the

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, 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 Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture a ...

won reelection to a full term against

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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

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Declined

*Gerard Gibert, businessman and vice chairman of the Mississippi Lottery Board *

Chris McDaniel Christopher Brian McDaniel (born June 28, 1971) is an American attorney, talk radio host, and far-right politician who has served in the Mississippi State Senate since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, McDaniel gained national attention ...

, incumbent state senator and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 and 2018 *Josh Randle, former president of the Miss America Organization

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Mike Espy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture, former U.S. Representative for

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district Mississippi's 2nd congressional district (MS-2) covers much of Western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, the riverfront cities of Greenville and Vicksburg and the interior market cities of Clarksdale, Greenwood and Clinton. The distr ...

, and nominee for U.S. Senate in

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Eliminated in primary

*Tobey Bartee, former military intelligence officer and candidate for U.S. Senate in

*Jensen Bohren, teacher, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018

Declined

J. P. Hughes Jr. J. P. "Jay" Hughes Jr. (born August 28, 1963) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 12th District for four years, being ...

, state representative and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi in 2019 *

Brandon Presley Brandon Everitt Presley (born July 21, 1977) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from the Northern District since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...

, member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission

Endorsements

Results

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

*Jimmy Edwards

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;Graphical summary

Results

Notes

References

External links

* * * (State affiliate of the U.S.

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) * ;Official campaign websites
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