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- Mississippi voters elected Cindy Hyde-Smith to a full Senate term on Tuesday, ending a closely watched runoff election again her Democratic challenger Mike Espy.
- Hyde-Smith had a lead of more than 68,000 votes over Espy as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday night. It is the last Senate election of the 2018 season.
- She has held the office since March when she was appointed after Sen. Thad Cochran resigned.
- Espy, a former congressman and Clinton administration alum, had sought to capitalize on Hyde-Smith’s missteps on the campaign trail, but ultimately fell short in the deep-red state.
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a Senate runoff election in Mississippi on Tuesday night, beating her Democratic challenger Mike Espy in what had become a tumultuous contest in the state.
Hyde-Smith and Espy were vying for the seat in a deep-red state where President Donald Trump took nearly 58% of the vote in 2016.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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