Mississippi Voter Guide 2026

Cindy Hyde-Smith is Mississippi's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. A former Mississippi agriculture commissioner and state senator, she campaigns as a conservative aligned with Republican leadership on agriculture, rural development, military installations, border policy, federal spending, and Mississippi industry.

Priorities: Support Mississippi agriculture, rural communities, and industry · Advance conservative fiscal, border, and judicial policy · Protect military, veterans, and infrastructure priorities in Mississippi

Scott Colom is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Mississippi and a district attorney in the state's Golden Triangle region. His campaign emphasizes public safety, prosecutorial experience, health care, teacher and law-enforcement pay, wages, and a contrast with incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith on federal spending priorities and Medicaid-related policy.

Priorities: Use prosecutorial experience to focus on public safety · Protect health care access and rural hospitals · Raise wages and support teachers, law enforcement, and working families

Ty Pinkins is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, an attorney, Army veteran, and former Democratic nominee for Mississippi secretary of state and U.S. Senate. His campaign emphasizes voting access, veterans, working families, criminal justice, and an independent path outside the major-party nominees.

Priorities: Protect voting access and election accountability · Support veterans, working families, and rural communities · Offer an independent alternative in the Senate race