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38858

Who is on the ballot in 38858?

Itawamba 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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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Mississippi voter hub.
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38858 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Itawamba County races

U.S. House, Mississippi District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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
CJ
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
Trent Kelly portrait
TK
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 ▾
Cindy Hyde-Smith portrait
CH
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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SC
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 Itawamba County

ZIP 38858 sits in Itawamba County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Itawamba County races (8).

Circuit Court Judge, District 1, Place 1
1 candidate
County ▾
JR
John R. White
INCUMBENT
Biography
John R. White is the sitting judge of the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. John R. White 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.
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
John R. White is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, District 1, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
JW
Josh Wise
Biography
Josh Wise is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court Judge, District 1, Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
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
Josh Wise is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, District 1, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
KL
Kelly L. Mims
INCUMBENT
Biography
Kelly L. Mims is the sitting judge of the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Kelly L. Mims 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.
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
Kelly L. Mims is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, District 1, Place 4
1 candidate
County ▾
MP
Michael P. 'Chip' Mills Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Michael P. 'Chip' Mills Jr. is the sitting judge of the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Michael P. 'Chip' Mills Jr. 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.
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
Michael P. 'Chip' Mills Jr. is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 1, Place 1
1 candidate
County ▾
BT
Brad Tennison
INCUMBENT
Biography
Bradley D. Tennison, listed on the ballot as Brad Tennison, is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 1st Chancery District, based in Booneville, 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.
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
Brad Tennison is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Chancery Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 1, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
MM
Michael Malski
INCUMBENT
Biography
Michael Malski is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 1st Chancery District, based in Amory, 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.
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
Michael Malski is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Chancery Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 1, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
JM
Jacqueline Mask
INCUMBENT
Biography
Jacqueline Mask is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 1st Chancery District, based in Tupelo, 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.
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
Jacqueline Mask is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Chancery Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 1, Place 4
1 candidate
County ▾
ST
Stephen T. Bailey
INCUMBENT
Biography
Stephen T. Bailey is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 1st Chancery District, based in Tupelo, 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.
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
Stephen T. Bailey is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 1st Chancery Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
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