There are 6 article(s) tagged Cindy Hyde-Smith:

• October 2020

  • Opinion: With refusals to debate, GOP Senate candidates shortchange voters

    Welcome to the alternate universe of 2020 election year politics in Tennessee and Mississippi. With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, the races for Senate seats in both states have turned into exercises in ultra-partisan campaigning.

    By Otis Sanford October 15, 2020

• August 2020

  • Nelson: Can the Democrats win November Senate elections in Tennessee and Mississippi?

    Stranger things have happened. Heck, Ronald Reagan carried New York – twice. 

    By Michael Nelson August 07, 2020

• June 2020

  • We lack what the Mid-South needs – two-party competition

    With Republicans in the driver’s seat in all three Mid-South Senate elections, are there competitive contests anywhere else on the ballot? The short answer: No.

    By Michael Nelson June 08, 2020

• December 2018

  • Sanford: How newly elected Sen. Hyde-Smith can help alleviate racial discord in Mississippi

    I am willing to give the nearly 500,000 Mississippi voters the benefit of the doubt.

    By Otis Sanford December 04, 2018

• November 2018

  • Sanford: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith continues Mississippi’s history of defiance

    “Everything is not about race,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant boldly proclaimed this week while struggling to defend an indefensible comment from the person he handpicked to be an interim U.S. senator.

    By Otis Sanford November 15, 2018

• October 2018

  • Trump defends Kavanaugh, stumps for Hyde-Smith in Southaven

    President Donald Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s qualifications — amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him — during a stump speech for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s election campaign in Southaven Tuesday night at the Landers Center.

    By Omer Yusuf October 03, 2018