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39475

Who is on the ballot in 39475?

Lamar County, MS

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

9 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local7
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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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39475 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Lamar County races

U.S. House, Mississippi District 4
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Mike Ezell portrait
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Mike Ezell
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mike Ezell is the Republican incumbent representing Mississippi's 4th Congressional District, serving a second term, per Ezell's official House biography. Ezell had a more than forty-year career in law enforcement, most recently as Sheriff of Jackson County, and chairs the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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
JH
Jeffrey Hulum III
DEM
Biography
Jeffrey Hulum III is the Democratic candidate for Mississippi's 4th Congressional District and has served in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2022, representing District 119, per the campaign site. Hulum is a 22-year U.S. Army veteran who rose to the rank of Sergeant Major and founded the nonprofit Extend A Hand, Help A Friend, which works on food insecurity on the Gulf Coast.
Top Priorities
  • Wants to fight for working families in South Mississippi
  • Wants representation that is accountable to constituents
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
CB
Carl Boyanton
Biography
Carl Boyanton is an independent candidate for Mississippi's 4th Congressional District, running for the seat for a third consecutive time, per the Gazebo Gazette. Boyanton has been president of Farmer Fresh Produce for 26 years and lives in Diamondhead, and the campaign site describes Boyanton as offering a conservative alternative outside the two major parties.
Top Priorities
  • Describes the campaign as an independent, conservative alternative to the two major parties, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Mike Ezell (R), Jeffrey Hulum III (D), Carl Boyanton (I) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Mississippi's 4th 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 Lamar County

ZIP 39475 sits in Lamar County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Lamar County races (7).

Circuit Court Judge, District 15, Place 1
1 candidate
County ▾
BA
Brad A. Touchstone
INCUMBENT
Biography
Brad A. Touchstone is the sitting judge of the 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Brad A. Touchstone 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
Brad A. Touchstone 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 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 15, Place 2
2 candidates
County ▾
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Ryan Bruhl
Biography
Ryan Bruhl is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court, Circuit District 15 Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
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Prentiss G. Harrell
INCUMBENT
Biography
Prentiss G. Harrell is a sitting Circuit Court judge for the Fifteenth Circuit District, based in Purvis, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Ryan Bruhl and Prentiss G. Harrell are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 15, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
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Richelle Lumpkin
INCUMBENT
Biography
Richelle Lumpkin is the sitting judge of the 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Richelle Lumpkin 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
Richelle Lumpkin 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 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 10, Place 1
1 candidate
County ▾
RM
Renee McBride Porter
INCUMBENT
Biography
Renee McBride Porter has practiced law at Porter Law Firm in Columbia, Mississippi since 1989, specializing in domestic cases, per her campaign site. She serves as Youth Court Referee and Special Master for Marion County and has served as Guardian ad Litem in the Marion County Youth Court since 2010, per her campaign site. She holds a B.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and has served on the board of Southeast Mississippi Legal Services for more than thirty years, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull 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
Renee McBride Porter 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 10th Chancery Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 10, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
RH
Rhea Hudson Sheldon
INCUMBENT
Biography
Rhea Hudson Sheldon is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Hattiesburg, 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
Rhea Hudson Sheldon 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 10th Chancery Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 10, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
TK
Tara Kellar
Biography
Tara Kellar is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Judge, Chancery District 10 Place 3 (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River and Walthall counties), 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
Tara Kellar 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 10th Chancery Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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 10, Place 4
1 candidate
County ▾
CS
Chad Smith
INCUMBENT
Biography
Chad Smith is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Hattiesburg, 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
Chad Smith 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 10th Chancery Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall) 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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