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38654

Who is on the ballot in 38654?

Desoto County, MS

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

10 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local8
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38654 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Desoto County races

U.S. House, Mississippi District 1
3 candidates
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JB
Johnny Baucom
Biography
Johnny Baucom is a Libertarian candidate for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. Baucom is a health and safety technician who has managed mechanic shops and is an Army National Guard veteran, per the Newton County Appeal. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
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Cliff Johnson
DEM
Biography
Cliff Johnson is the Democratic candidate for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. Johnson directs work at the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law focusing on criminal justice reform, previously founded a law firm representing workers and worked at the U.S. Department of Justice coordinating health care fraud enforcement, per the campaign site. Johnson is a graduate of Mississippi College and Columbia University School of Law and a fifth-generation Mississippian, per the campaign site, which also describes a 35-year marriage.
Top Priorities
  • Wants to address the cost of living and reduce the influence of corporate and wealthy political donors
  • Supports keeping Affordable Care Act subsidies in place
  • Wants North Mississippi to receive federal funding for infrastructure and schools
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Trent Kelly
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Trent Kelly is the Republican incumbent representing Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, first elected in a 2015 special election runoff, per Kelly's official House biography. Kelly served 39 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard, retiring as a Major General, and before Congress worked as a private attorney, Tupelo City Prosecutor and District Attorney for the 1st Circuit Judicial District.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Johnny Baucom (L), Cliff Johnson (D), Trent Kelly (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. Party nominees were chosen at the March 10, 2026 primary.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Support Mississippi agriculture, rural communities, and industry
  • Advance conservative fiscal, border, and judicial policy
  • Protect military, veterans, and infrastructure priorities in Mississippi
Campaign Finance
$5,027,031 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), PAC/other committee contributions
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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Scott Colom
DEM
Biography
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.
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
Campaign Finance
$1,619,368 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), Democratic-aligned committee support
Campaign siteFull profile
TP
Ty Pinkins
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect voting access and election accountability
  • Support veterans, working families, and rural communities
  • Offer an independent alternative in the Senate race
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Desoto County

ZIP 38654 sits in Desoto County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Desoto County races (10).

Chancery Court Judge, 17th Chancery Court District, Place One
1 candidate
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Vicki Daniels
Biography
Vicki Daniels appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court Judge, 17th Chancery Court District, Place One, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Vicki Daniels.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Nonpartisan judicial race on DeSoto County's official November 3, 2026 candidate listing; one candidate qualified.
Chancery Court Judge, 17th Chancery Court District, Place Two
2 candidates
County ▾
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Elizabeth "Beth" Owens
Biography
Owens is an attorney with 16 years of practice in DeSoto County, Mississippi, per her campaign site. She has served on the Wesley Meadows Board and the ARC of Northwest Mississippi, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Bring her background in domestic relations, including divorce, custody, and estate matters, to the chancery bench
  • Handle family court matters with what her site describes as compassion and integrity
Per the campaign site.
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William "Ty" Scott
Biography
Scott is a private-practice attorney who has served as staff attorney to DeSoto County's Chancery Judges and as a Special Master conducting court hearings, per his campaign site. He is a Major in the Mississippi Army National Guard with nearly 20 years of service, including a combat deployment to Syria, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Draws on experience handling hundreds of family law, estate, guardianship and property-dispute cases
  • Pledges to serve with what his site calls fairness, preparation and sound judgment
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Nonpartisan judicial race on DeSoto County's official November 3, 2026 candidate listing; two candidates qualified.
Chancery Court Judge, 17th Chancery Court District, Place Three (Subdistrict 17-1)
2 candidates
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Gwendolyn Baptist
Biography
Gwendolyn Baptist appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court Judge, 17th Chancery Court District, Place Three (Subdistrict 17-1), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Gwendolyn Baptist.
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Malenda Harris Meacham
Biography
Meacham is an attorney with 31 years of legal practice and 19 years of judicial service, including as Special Master in the DeSoto County Chancery Court, per her campaign site. She previously served as Hernando's first female city court judge and DeSoto County's first female Special Master, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Emphasizes her family-law experience and support for mental health recovery within the legal system
  • Active with community support causes including House of Grace, a domestic violence support organization
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
New subdistrict created by the state legislature within DeSoto County's chancery court district; appears only on ballots in the subdistrict's precincts, per Capital B News (Aug. 21, 2026). A federal judge denied an injunction seeking to cancel this race on August 13, 2026, per Capital B News. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place One
2 candidates
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Gordon Shaw Jr.
Biography
Shaw is an Assistant District Attorney for DeSoto County who has prosecuted felony cases since 2024, per DeSoto County News (Jan. 6, 2026). He previously spent eight years as Municipal Prosecutor for Horn Lake and has practiced law since 2008 after earning his degree from Mississippi College School of Law, per the same report. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Gordon Shaw Jr.
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Joseph "Jody" Neyman
Biography
Neyman is a University of Mississippi and Ole Miss law school graduate with more than three decades of legal experience and more than two decades of judicial service, including as Municipal Judge for Southaven and Pro Tempore Municipal Judge for Hernando, per his campaign site. He currently serves on Mississippi's Board of Bar Admissions, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Emphasizes preparation, impartiality and respect for the Constitution in his approach to the bench
  • States that parties who disagree with a ruling should still leave the courtroom knowing they were heard and received a fair trial
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Nonpartisan judicial race on DeSoto County's official November 3, 2026 candidate listing; two candidates qualified.
Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Two
1 candidate
County ▾
CT
Craig Treadway
Biography
Craig Treadway appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Two, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Craig Treadway.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Nonpartisan judicial race on DeSoto County's official November 3, 2026 candidate listing; one candidate qualified.
Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Three (Subdistrict 21-1)
1 candidate
County ▾
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W. Douglas Hollowell III
Biography
W. Douglas Hollowell III appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Three (Subdistrict 21-1), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for W. Douglas Hollowell III.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
New subdistrict created by the state legislature within DeSoto County's circuit court district; appears only on ballots in the subdistrict's precincts, per Capital B News (Aug. 21, 2026). One candidate qualified. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Four (Subdistrict 21-1)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Lucius Edwards
Biography
Lucius Edwards appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court Judge, 21st Circuit Court District, Place Four (Subdistrict 21-1), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Lucius Edwards.
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John Hughes
Biography
Hughes is a solo attorney and owner of Hughes Law Firm in DeSoto County, with 23 years of legal practice in bankruptcy, family law, personal injury and criminal matters, per the campaign site. He has represented individuals and families in Circuit, Chancery, Bankruptcy and Justice Courts, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Pledges to be fair, firm and committed to protecting local communities
  • Emphasizes delivering justice with integrity, transparency and respect for the law
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
New subdistrict created by the state legislature within DeSoto County's circuit court district; appears only on ballots in the subdistrict's precincts, per Capital B News (Aug. 21, 2026). Two candidates qualified. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
DeSoto County Court Judge
2 candidates
County ▾
AC
Allen Couch
Biography
Allen Couch appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for DeSoto County Court Judge, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Allen Couch.
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H. "Craig" Treadway
Biography
H. "Craig" Treadway appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for DeSoto County Court Judge, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for H. "Craig" Treadway.
Full profile
About this race
DeSoto County's official candidate listing shows two countywide County Court Judge positions with one qualified candidate apiece. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
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