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Brookhaven, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Brookhaven voters (Lincoln County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 4 Lincoln 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 14, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor

NonpartisanIncumbent

Mike Taylor is the sitting judge of the 14th Circuit Court District (Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Mike Taylor 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 14, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Brendon Adams · Matt Kitchens · Albert Turnage

Brendon Adams

Nonpartisan

Brendon Adams is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court, Circuit District 14 Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Matt Kitchens

Nonpartisan

Matt Kitchens currently serves as a City Court Judge and has practiced law in Circuit Court for nearly twenty-five years, handling civil, criminal and appellate cases, per his campaign site. His father served as a district attorney, and he comes from a family with a history of public service, per his campaign site.

Albert Turnage

Nonpartisan

Albert Turnage is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court, Circuit District 14 Place 2, an open seat; sitting Judge Michael M. Taylor is instead running for reelection to Place 1 in the district, per the Daily Leader. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 15, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Joseph Durr

Joseph Durr

NonpartisanIncumbent

Joseph Durr is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 15th Chancery District, based in Brookhaven, 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 15, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Price Henley

Price Henley

Nonpartisan

Price Henley serves as an Assistant District Attorney in Copiah County, per the Copiah County government website. He is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Judge, Chancery District 15 Place 2 (Claiborne, Copiah, Lawrence and Lincoln counties). No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Lincoln 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 Brookhaven2 ZIP codes
Lincoln 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.