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38923

Who is on the ballot in 38923?

Carroll County, MS

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

7 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local5
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38923 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Carroll County races

U.S. House, Mississippi District 2
3 candidates
Federal ▾
RE
Ron Eller
REP
Biography
Ron Eller is the Republican candidate for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, making a third run for the seat, per WLBT. Eller is a physician assistant with twenty years of active-duty military service and twenty years working in the private healthcare sector, per the campaign site, and has more recently started manufacturing businesses.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Bennie G. Thompson
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Bennie G. Thompson is the Democratic incumbent representing Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, first elected in a special election on April 20, 1993, per Thompson's official House biography. Before Congress, Thompson served as Bolton alderman, Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor, and is the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, which Thompson previously chaired.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no 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. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
BF
Bennie Foster
Biography
Bennie Foster is an independent candidate for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. Foster is an educator and community organizer, per WLBT, and campaigns under the banner ReIMAGINE Mississippi, per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ron Eller (R), Bennie G. Thompson (D), Bennie Foster (I) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Mississippi's 2nd 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 Carroll County

ZIP 38923 sits in Carroll County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Carroll County races (5).

Circuit Court Judge, District 5, Place 1
1 candidate
County ▾
JH
Joseph H. 'Joey' Loper Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Joseph H. 'Joey' Loper Jr. is the sitting judge of the 5th Circuit Court District (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster, Winston), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Joseph H. 'Joey' Loper 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
Joseph H. 'Joey' Loper 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 5th Circuit Court District (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster, Winston) 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 5, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
AD
Alan D. 'Devo' Lancaster
INCUMBENT
Biography
Alan D. 'Devo' Lancaster is the sitting judge of the 5th Circuit Court District (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster, Winston), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Alan D. 'Devo' Lancaster 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
Alan D. 'Devo' Lancaster 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 5th Circuit Court District (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster, Winston) 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 3, Place 1
2 candidates
County ▾
GM
Ginger M. Miller
Biography
Ginger M. Miller is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court, Chancery District 3 Place 1, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
JW
Jay Westfaul
Biography
Jay Westfaul has practiced law in Batesville for 34 years, per The Panolian. He currently serves as Municipal Judge for Batesville, Pope and Courtland and has previously served as a Youth Court Judge and Chancery Court Family Master, per The Panolian. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Ginger M. Miller and Jay Westfaul are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 3rd Chancery Court District (Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha) 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 3, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
SD
Sabrina D. Howell
INCUMBENT
Biography
Sabrina D. Howell was appointed Chancery Judge for the 3rd Chancery District by Governor Tate Reeves, with her term beginning July 1, 2026, per the Governor's office. She previously served as a youth court referee and family master in Tate County and as an adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law, per the same source. 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
Sabrina D. Howell 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 3rd Chancery Court District (Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha) 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 3, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
MM
Mitchell M. Lundy Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Mitchell M. Lundy Jr. is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Grenada, 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
Mitchell M. Lundy 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 3rd Chancery Court District (Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha) 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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