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39047

Who is on the ballot in 39047?

Rankin County, MS

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

8 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local6
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39047 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Rankin County races

U.S. House, Mississippi District 3
3 candidates
Federal ▾
MA
Michael A. Chiaradio
DEM
Biography
Michael A. Chiaradio is the Democratic candidate for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. Chiaradio is a farmer raising sheep, pigs and cows in Shubuta and a former professional baseball player, per the campaign site, and holds an MBA from Felician University.
Top Priorities
  • Focuses on public investment aimed at rural economic competitiveness and rebuilding American industry, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
Michael Guest portrait
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Michael Guest
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Michael Guest is the Republican incumbent representing Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, serving a fourth term, per Guest's official House biography. Before Congress, Guest served as District Attorney for Madison and Rankin Counties, and serves on the House Appropriations Committee, chairing its Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee.
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
EK
Erik Kiehle
Biography
Erik Kiehle is the Libertarian candidate for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. Kiehle has a career history in retail, field sales and systems support, including work for Apple Computer, and has worked since 2018 as a property manager for commercial properties in Meridian; Kiehle is also a certified Mississippi volunteer firefighter, per questionnaire answers in the Mississippi Free Press. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Opposes spending bills that add to the federal deficit or contain earmarks
  • Supports ending foreign aid until the federal budget is balanced
  • Supports repealing federal healthcare laws, including the Affordable Care Act
Per the a mississippifreepress.org candidate questionnaire.
Full profile
About this race
Michael A. Chiaradio (D), Michael Guest (R), Erik Kiehle (L) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Mississippi's 3rd 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
Scott Colom portrait
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 Rankin County

ZIP 39047 sits in Rankin County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Rankin County races (7).

Circuit Court Judge, District 20, Place 1
3 candidates
County ▾
SB
Sarah Butler
Biography
Sarah Butler has worked as a circuit judges' staff attorney in Mississippi's court system for more than 13 years, managing dockets and handling civil and criminal mediations, per her campaign site. A lifelong Rankin County resident, she is running for Circuit Judge in Circuit District 20, serving Madison and Rankin counties, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Says courts should be led with stability, predictability and fairness, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
SG
Scott Gilbert
Biography
Scott Gilbert is a candidate for Circuit Court Judge, Circuit District 20, serving Madison and Rankin counties, per his campaign site. The site does not detail his professional background as of September 17, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • His platform emphasizes experience for the role and protecting constitutional freedoms and the rule of law, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
CS
Carter Smith
Biography
Carter Smith has nearly 20 years of jury trial experience in the Circuit Court, District 20 (Madison and Rankin counties), serving as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney, per his campaign site. This race is headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff among three candidates, per Madison County election filings.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Sarah Butler, Scott Gilbert and Carter Smith are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) 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 20, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
SS
Steve S. Ratcliff
INCUMBENT
Biography
Steve S. Ratcliff is the sitting judge of the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Steve S. Ratcliff 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
Steve S. Ratcliff 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 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) 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 20, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
DA
Dewey Arthur
INCUMBENT
Biography
Dewey Arthur is the sitting judge of the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Dewey Arthur 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
Dewey Arthur 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 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) 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 20, Place 1
3 candidates
County ▾
BA
Bo Agnew
Biography
Bo Agnew is a candidate for the open Rankin County Chancery Court, District 20, Place 1 seat being vacated by retiring Chancellor John McLaurin, per a local news account. Agnew currently serves as a Rankin County Justice Court Judge, District 2, a separate court, per the county's official justice court page. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Keri H. Carroll
Biography
Keri H. Carroll served as Family Master for the 20th Chancery District from 2021 to 2025, presiding over more than 3,000 family law cases, per her campaign site. She clerked for Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Smith Jr. and holds a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, and currently serves as staff attorney to Judge John C. McLaurin Jr., per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Campaign says her entire career has focused on the family law, custody, divorce, adoption and guardianship cases chancery court hears, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
M'
Michael 'Mike' Wolf
Biography
Michael Wolf is a candidate for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1. He is a partner at the law firm Resnick & Louis, P.C. in Jackson, per the firm's website. He was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1999 and has tried more than 100 cases, including arguments before the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, per the firm's website.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Bo Agnew, Keri H. Carroll and Michael 'Mike' Wolf are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) 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 20, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
TF
Troy Farrell Odom
INCUMBENT
Biography
Troy Farrell Odom is the sitting judge of the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of chancery court judges and staff. Troy Farrell Odom 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
Troy Farrell Odom 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 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) 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 20, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
HJ
Haydn J. Roberts
INCUMBENT
Biography
Haydn J. Roberts is the sitting judge of the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of chancery court judges and staff. Haydn J. Roberts 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
Haydn J. Roberts 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 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) 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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