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Jackson, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Jackson voters (Hinds County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 1 Hinds County race 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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District Attorney (special election)Nonpartisan race · Gwen Agho · Greta Mack Harris · Darla Palmer · Marvin L. Sanders · Wendy Wilson White

Gwen Agho

Nonpartisan

Gwen Agho is a candidate for Hinds County District Attorney in the November 3, 2026 special election. Agho currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney in the Hinds County DA's office, per the Northside Sun. The seat became vacant when Jody Owens resigned as district attorney, per the Mississippi Free Press.

Greta Mack Harris

Nonpartisan

Greta Mack Harris is a candidate for Hinds County District Attorney in the November 3, 2026 special election. Mack Harris is described in local press as a metro-area attorney, per the Northside Sun. The seat became vacant when Jody Owens resigned as district attorney, per the Mississippi Free Press. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Darla Palmer

Nonpartisan

Darla Palmer is a Jackson defense attorney and candidate for Hinds County District Attorney in the November 3, 2026 special election, making a third bid for the office after runs in 2019 and 2023, per the Northside Sun. Palmer previously worked as a public defender in Rankin County, per WJTV. The seat became vacant when Jody Owens resigned as district attorney, per the Mississippi Free Press. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Marvin L. Sanders

Nonpartisan

Marvin L. Sanders is a candidate for Hinds County District Attorney in the November 3, 2026 special election. Sanders is described in local press as a metro-area attorney, per the Northside Sun. The seat became vacant when Jody Owens resigned as district attorney, per the Mississippi Free Press. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Wendy Wilson White

Nonpartisan

Wendy Wilson White is a candidate for Hinds County District Attorney in the November 3, 2026 special election. White is described in local press as a metro-area attorney, per the Northside Sun. The seat became vacant when Jody Owens resigned as district attorney, per the Mississippi Free Press. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Hinds 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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