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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Bay St. Louis voters (Hancock County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 8 Hancock County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Lisa P. Dodson

Lisa P. Dodson

NonpartisanIncumbent

Lisa P. Dodson is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Lisa P. Dodson 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.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Chris Schmidt

Chris Schmidt

NonpartisanIncumbent

Chris Schmidt is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Chris Schmidt 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.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Larry Bourgeois

Larry Bourgeois

NonpartisanIncumbent

Larry Bourgeois is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Larry Bourgeois 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.

Circuit Court Judge, District 2, Place 4Nonpartisan race · Randi Peresich Mueller

Randi Peresich Mueller

NonpartisanIncumbent

Randi Peresich Mueller is the sitting judge of the 2nd Circuit Court District (Hancock, Harrison, Stone), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Randi Peresich Mueller 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.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Jim Persons

Jim Persons

NonpartisanIncumbent

Jim Persons is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, 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.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Jennifer T. Schloegel

Jennifer T. Schloegel

NonpartisanIncumbent

Jennifer T. Schloegel is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, 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.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Margaret Alfonso

Margaret Alfonso

NonpartisanIncumbent

Margaret Alfonso is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 8th Chancery District, based in Gulfport, 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.

Chancery Court Judge, District 8, Place 4Nonpartisan race · Haley Necaise Broom · Stephen J. Maggio · Frances 'Fran' Yeatts

Haley Necaise Broom

Nonpartisan

Haley Necaise Broom is an Assistant District Attorney with more than 20 years of legal experience as a litigator and prosecutor in South Mississippi, including handling custody, estate, domestic-relations and criminal matters, per her campaign site and The Gazebo Gazette. She is running for the Chancery Court seat left open by the retirement of Judge Carter Bise.

Stephen J. Maggio

Nonpartisan

Stephen J. Maggio is a municipal judge running for the open Harrison County Chancery Court, District 8, Place 4 seat being vacated by retiring Judge Carter Bise, per The Gazebo Gazette. Maggio has run for this Chancery Court seat before, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Frances 'Fran' Yeatts

Nonpartisan

Frances 'Fran' Yeatts is a family lawyer running for the open Harrison County Chancery Court, District 8, Place 4 seat being vacated by retiring Judge Carter Bise, per The Gazebo Gazette. Yeatts has run for this Chancery Court seat before, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Hancock County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateCindy Hyde-Smith (R) · Scott Colom (D) · Ty Pinkins (Independent)
Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Defending life and protecting the unborn
  • Stopping illegal immigration
  • Supporting our Second Amendment rights
About Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith is Mississippi's sitting U.S. senator and the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi, per the campaign site. She was appointed to the Senate in 2018, per the campaign site. She served as Mississippi's Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the first woman in the job, elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015, and spent 12 years in the Mississippi State Senate, eight of them as agriculture chair, per the campaign site.

Key voting record
  • Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Supported
  • Voted no on the Inflation Reduction Act, the 2022 budget reconciliation law covering health care, energy and tax provisions, which passed the Senate 50-50 in August 2022, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Opposed
  • Voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring recognition of marriages that were valid where performed, which passed the Senate 61-36 in November 2022. Opposed
Scott Colom

Scott Colom

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Lower costs for families
  • Save our Mississippi hospitals
  • Bring good jobs home
About Scott Colom

Scott Colom is a seventh-generation Mississippian, a husband and father of two, and a district attorney, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he was elected district attorney in 2015 and has also worked as a prosecutor and a judge. He announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in September 2025, per the campaign site.

Ty Pinkins

Ty Pinkins

Independent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Jobs and economy
  • Healthcare
  • Housing
About Ty Pinkins

Ty Pinkins is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, per the campaign site. He grew up on cotton farms in the Mississippi Delta, served 21 years on active duty in the Army and holds law degrees from Georgetown, per the campaign site.

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Voting info and more

Voting info and more
Sample ballot by ZIP code in Bay St. Louis2 ZIP codes
Hancock County sample ballotMississippi statewide races

City boundaries and ZIP codes from the U.S. Census Bureau (2024 Gazetteer, 2020 ZCTA relationships). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; confirm with the Mississippi election office before voting.