The Ballot Brief

Picayune, Mississippi sample ballot 2026

Picayune voters (Pearl River County, Mississippi) see U.S. Senate plus 7 Pearl River 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 15, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Brad A. Touchstone

Brad A. Touchstone

NonpartisanIncumbent

Brad A. Touchstone is the sitting judge of the 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Brad A. Touchstone 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 15, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Ryan Bruhl · Prentiss G. Harrell

Ryan Bruhl

Nonpartisan

Ryan Bruhl is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Court, Circuit District 15 Place 2, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Prentiss G. Harrell

NonpartisanIncumbent

Prentiss G. Harrell is a sitting Circuit Court judge for the Fifteenth Circuit District, based in Purvis, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Circuit Court Judge, District 15, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Richelle Lumpkin

Richelle Lumpkin

NonpartisanIncumbent

Richelle Lumpkin is the sitting judge of the 15th Circuit Court District (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Richelle Lumpkin 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 10, Place 1Nonpartisan race · Renee McBride Porter

Renee McBride Porter

NonpartisanIncumbent

Renee McBride Porter has practiced law at Porter Law Firm in Columbia, Mississippi since 1989, specializing in domestic cases, per her campaign site. She serves as Youth Court Referee and Special Master for Marion County and has served as Guardian ad Litem in the Marion County Youth Court since 2010, per her campaign site. She holds a B.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and has served on the board of Southeast Mississippi Legal Services for more than thirty years, per her campaign site.

Chancery Court Judge, District 10, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Rhea Hudson Sheldon

Rhea Hudson Sheldon

NonpartisanIncumbent

Rhea Hudson Sheldon is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Hattiesburg, 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 10, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Tara Kellar

Tara Kellar

Nonpartisan

Tara Kellar is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Judge, Chancery District 10 Place 3 (Lamar, Marion, Pearl River and Walthall counties), per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.

Chancery Court Judge, District 10, Place 4Nonpartisan race · Chad Smith

Chad Smith

NonpartisanIncumbent

Chad Smith is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Hattiesburg, 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 Pearl River 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 Picayune2 ZIP codes
Pearl River 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.