The Ballot Brief

Lake, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Lake voters (Scott County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 5 Scott 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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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.

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Circuit Court Judge, District 8, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Caleb E. May

Caleb E. May

NonpartisanIncumbent

Caleb E. May is the sitting judge of the 8th Circuit Court District (Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Caleb E. May 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 8, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Christopher Morgan Posey

Christopher Morgan Posey

NonpartisanIncumbent

Christopher Morgan Posey is the sitting judge of the 8th Circuit Court District (Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Christopher Morgan Posey 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 2, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Roy Noble Lee Jr.

Roy Noble Lee Jr.

Nonpartisan

Roy Noble Lee Jr. practices at the Lee family law firm in Forest, following his father and grandfather into the legal profession, per the Capital Area Bar Association. He earned his undergraduate degree at Mississippi College and his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, per the same source. He is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Judge, Chancery District 2 Place 1. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 2, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Gerald M. Martin

Gerald M. Martin

NonpartisanIncumbent

Gerald M. Martin is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Raleigh, covering Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson and Smith counties, 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 2, Place 3Nonpartisan race · David Shoemake

David Shoemake

NonpartisanIncumbent

David Shoemake is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Collins, covering Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson and Smith counties, 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 candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Scott 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

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Scott 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.