Here, (L to R) Sen. Roy Bunt (R-MO) talks with Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) during the hearing, while the committee’s newest member Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith waits for her turn to question the USDA Secretary. April 11, 2018. USDA Photo by Preston Keres
President Trump will campaign in Mississippi for Cindy Hyde-Smith, in the nation’s last undecided Senate race. The Hill reports that the President will hold two rallies for Hyde-Smith on November 26, the day before the state’s runoff election. Tal Axelrod writes:
President Trump will hold two campaign rallies for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) the day before the runoff in Mississippi’s tight Senate race.
“Our campaign is working hard for a big election-day turnout, so the President’s visit the day before the runoff will be a good boost to make sure all conservatives know they have a very clear choice in this runoff election,” Hyde-Smith said in a statement Saturday.
The race headed to a runoff after none of the candidates got a majority of the votes. Hyde-Smith will face off against Democrat Mike Espy, a former U.S. Agriculture secretary, in the Nov. 27 runoff.
In the first round of voting, Hyde-Smith split the Republican vote with conservative firebrand and Trump supporter Chris McDaniel, who will not appear in the runoff. Hyde-Smith got about 42 percent of the vote, while McDaniel got about 17 percent. About 41 percent of Mississippi voters supported Espy.
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This won’t be the first time President Trump has campaigned in Mississippi this election cycle. Here’s his speech from earlier this year:
