Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy, becomes first Mississippi woman elected to Congress – USA TODAY
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Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy, becomes first Mississippi woman elected to Congress
USA TODAY “Mississippi was one of the last two states to have never elected a woman to Congress," said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “While Cindy Hyde-Smith got Mississippi out of that undistinguished … Cindy Hyde-Smith becomes Mississippi's 1st woman elected to Congress Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi US Senate runoff amid racial controversies Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Mike Espy in Senate runoff, becomes state's first woman elected to Congress |