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Find your districts by addressCircuit Court Judge, District 12, Place 1Nonpartisan race · T. Michael Reed
T. Michael Reed
T. Michael Reed is the sitting judge of the 12th Circuit Court District (Forrest, Perry), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. T. Michael Reed 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 12, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Wes Curry
Wes Curry
Wes Curry is a founding partner of Curry & Curry, PLLC, with more than twenty-five years of legal experience, per his campaign site. He served as Municipal Court Judge for Hattiesburg from 2017 to 2024 and as Justice Court Judge for Forrest County District 1 from 2012 to 2024, per his campaign site. He is a past president of the South Central Bar Association and the Hattiesburg Young Lawyers Association, and has served on the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, per his campaign site.
Chancery Court Judge, District 13, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Sheila Havard Smallwood
Sheila Havard Smallwood
Sheila Havard Smallwood is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Hattiesburg, covering Forrest, Perry and Stone counties, 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 13, Place 2Nonpartisan race · George Schmidt · John D. Smallwood · Zachary Monroe Vaughn
George Schmidt
George Schmidt has owned Schmidt Law Firm, PLLC since 1994 and has served as Municipal Court Judge for the City of Purvis since 2011, per his campaign site. He previously served as a municipal judge for Hattiesburg and Lumberton and served in the Mississippi Army National Guard, including as a Judge Advocate, per his campaign site. He holds a B.B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi, and founded the Hattiesburg Mental Health Court and Hattiesburg Environmental Court, per his campaign site.
John D. Smallwood
John D. Smallwood is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court, Chancery District 13 Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Zachary Monroe Vaughn
Zachary Monroe Vaughn is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court, Chancery District 13 Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Forrest County page.
Statewide races
U.S. SenateCindy Hyde-Smith (R) · Scott Colom (D) · Ty Pinkins (Independent)
Cindy Hyde-Smith
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.
- 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
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
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.
Voting info and more
Voting info and more
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.
