2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi

November 3, 2020

Nominee Cindy Hyde-Smith Mike Espy Party Republican Democrat Popular vote 709,539 578,806 Percentage 54.10% 44.13%

County Results Hyde-Smith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Espy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Senator before election Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Elected U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Mississippi. The main two people in the election were Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican Party) and Mike Espy (Democratic Party). Hyde-Smith won the election and stayed as Senator.

Primary elections happened on March 10, 2020. There were three people in the Democratic Party primary: Mike Espy, Tobey Bartee, and Jensen Bohren. Espy won this primary. Only Cindy Hyde-Smith was in the Republican Party primary as she was already a Sneator. The Libertarian Party chose Jimmy Edwards for the election.

Democratic Party primary

Results by county

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     Espy—≥90%
     Espy—80–90%
     Espy—70–80%
     Bartee—50–60%

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Mike Espy	250,496	93.12%
	Democrat	Tobey Bartee	11,148	4.14%
	Democrat	Jensen Bohren	7,345	2.74%
Total votes			268,989	100.0%

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent)	235,463	100.0%
Total votes			235,463	100.0%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Jimmy Edwards

Results

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent)	709,539	54.10%	+0.25%
	Democrat	Mike Espy	578,806	44.13%	-2.02%
	Libertarian	Jimmy Edwards	23,152	1.77%	N/A
Total votes			1,311,497	100.00%
	Republican hold