Mississippi Will Remain the Only State that Has Never Sent a Woman to the U.S. House

Primary elections were held on Tuesday in Mississippi. Full results for women candidates in federal races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page; there are no undecided races from yesterday's primaries, so the full post is the final results for women congressional candidates in the 2026 Mississippi primaries.

Among the most notable results for women:

• Incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) won the Republican nomination to run for re-election in November in a contest currently rated as “Solid Republican” by Cook Political Report. First appointed in 2018, she is the only woman who has ever represented Mississippi in Congress.
• No women filed as candidates for U.S. House seats in Mississippi in 2026, ensuring that Mississippi will continue to be the only state that has never sent a woman to the U.S. House. 

For more information, see the full analysis of how women fared in yesterday's contests on our Election Analysis page. Complete context about women in the 2026 elections can be found on CAWP's Election Watch.