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Gulfport, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Gulfport voters (Harrison County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 8 Harrison County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Lisa P. Dodson

Lisa P. Dodson Nonpartisan Incumbent

Lisa P. Dodson is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Lisa P. Dodson is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for that seat, unopposed, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Chris Schmidt

Chris Schmidt Nonpartisan Incumbent

Chris Schmidt is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Chris Schmidt is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for that seat, unopposed, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Larry Bourgeois

Larry Bourgeois Nonpartisan Incumbent

Larry Bourgeois is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Larry Bourgeois is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for that seat, unopposed, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 4Nonpartisan race · Randi Peresich Mueller

Randi Peresich Mueller Nonpartisan Incumbent

Randi Peresich Mueller is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Randi Peresich Mueller is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for that seat, unopposed, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Jim Persons

Jim Persons Nonpartisan Incumbent

Jim Persons is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, per the Mississippi Judiciary's official court directory. He is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Jennifer T. Schloegel

Jennifer T. Schloegel Nonpartisan Incumbent

Jennifer T. Schloegel is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, per the Mississippi Judiciary's official court directory. She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Margaret Alfonso

Margaret Alfonso Nonpartisan Incumbent

Margaret Alfonso is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, per the Mississippi Judiciary's official court directory. She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 4Nonpartisan race · Haley Necaise Broom · Stephen J. Maggio · Frances 'Fran' Yeatts

Haley Necaise Broom Nonpartisan

Haley Necaise Broom is an Assistant District Attorney with more than 20 years of legal experience as a litigator and prosecutor in South Mississippi, including handling custody, estate, domestic-relations and criminal matters, per her campaign site and The Gazebo Gazette. She is running for the Chancery Court seat left open by the retirement of Judge Carter Bise.

Stephen J. Maggio Nonpartisan

Stephen J. Maggio is a municipal judge running for the open Harrison County Chancery Court, District 8, Place 4 seat being vacated by retiring Judge Carter Bise, per The Gazebo Gazette. Maggio has run for this Chancery Court seat before, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Frances 'Fran' Yeatts Nonpartisan

Frances 'Fran' Yeatts is a family lawyer running for the open Harrison County Chancery Court, District 8, Place 4 seat being vacated by retiring Judge Carter Bise, per The Gazebo Gazette. Yeatts has run for this Chancery Court seat before, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Harrison County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateCindy Hyde-Smith (R) · Scott Colom (D) · Ty Pinkins (I)

Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Support Mississippi agriculture, rural communities, and industry
  • Advance conservative fiscal, border, and judicial policy
  • Protect military, veterans, and infrastructure priorities in Mississippi
About Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cindy Hyde-Smith

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.

Key voting record
  • Voted yes on the 2025 Republican tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 51-50. Supported
  • Voted against Democratic climate, health-care, tax, and prescription-drug pricing legislation, arguing the package expanded federal spending and taxes. Opposed
  • Voted against codifying federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. Opposed

Scott Colom Democrat

Top 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
About Scott Colom
Scott Colom

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.

Ty Pinkins I

Top priorities
  • Protect voting access and election accountability
  • Support veterans, working families, and rural communities
  • Offer an independent alternative in the Senate race
About Ty Pinkins

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.

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