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39042

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Rankin County, MS

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U.S. House, Mississippi District 3
3 candidates
Federal ▾
MA
Michael A. Chiaradio
DEM
Biography
Michael A. Chiaradio is the Democratic candidate for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. Chiaradio is a farmer raising sheep, pigs and cows in Shubuta and a former professional baseball player, per the campaign site, and holds an MBA from Felician University.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Focuses on public investment aimed at rural economic competitiveness and rebuilding American industry
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Michael Guest
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Michael Guest is the Republican incumbent representing Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, serving a fourth term, per Guest's official House biography. Before Congress, Guest served as District Attorney for Madison and Rankin Counties. He serves on the House Appropriations Committee and chairs the Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security, per guest.house.gov.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Erik Kiehle portrait
EK
Erik Kiehle
Biography
Kiehle lives in the Meridian area of Lauderdale County, is a father and a local businessman in property management, a volunteer firefighter for two Lauderdale County departments, and a private pilot, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • America First: the strength and security of our great nation
  • Community Engagement
  • Integrity & Accountability
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Michael A. Chiaradio (D), Michael Guest (R), Erik Kiehle (L) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. Party nominees were chosen at the March 10, 2026 primary.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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CH
Cindy Hyde-Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Defending life and protecting the unborn
  • Stopping illegal immigration
  • Supporting our Second Amendment rights
Campaign Finance
$5,027,031 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), PAC/other committee contributions
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
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SC
Scott Colom
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lower costs for families
  • Save our Mississippi hospitals
  • Bring good jobs home
Campaign Finance
$1,619,368 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), Democratic-aligned committee support
Campaign siteFull profile
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TP
Ty Pinkins
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Jobs and economy
  • Healthcare
  • Housing
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Rankin County

ZIP 39042 sits in Rankin County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Rankin County races (7).

Circuit Court Judge, District 20, Place 1
3 candidates
County ▾
SB
Sarah Butler
Biography
Sarah Butler has worked as a circuit judges' staff attorney in Mississippi's court system for more than 13 years, managing dockets and handling civil and criminal mediations, per her campaign site. A lifelong Rankin County resident, she is running for Circuit Judge in Circuit District 20, serving Madison and Rankin counties, per the same source.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Says courts should be led with stability, predictability and fairness
Campaign siteFull profile
SG
Scott Gilbert
Biography
Scott Gilbert is a candidate for Circuit Court Judge, Circuit District 20, serving Madison and Rankin counties, per his campaign site. The site does not detail his professional background as of September 17, 2026.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • His platform emphasizes experience for the role and protecting constitutional freedoms and the rule of law
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CS
Carter Smith
Biography
Carter Smith has nearly 20 years of jury trial experience in the Circuit Court, District 20 (Madison and Rankin counties), serving as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney, per his campaign site. This race is headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff among three candidates, per Madison County election filings.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Sarah Butler, Scott Gilbert and Carter Smith are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, District 20, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
SS
Steve S. Ratcliff
INCUMBENT
Biography
Steve S. Ratcliff is the sitting judge of the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Steve S. Ratcliff 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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Steve S. Ratcliff is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Circuit Court Judge, District 20, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
DA
Dewey Arthur
INCUMBENT
Biography
Dewey Arthur is the sitting judge of the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Dewey Arthur 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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Dewey Arthur is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 20th Circuit Court District (Madison, Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1
3 candidates
County ▾
BA
Bo Agnew
Biography
Bo Agnew is a candidate for the open Rankin County Chancery Court, District 20, Place 1 seat being vacated by retiring Chancellor John McLaurin, per a local news account. Agnew currently serves as a Rankin County Justice Court Judge, District 2, a separate court, per the county's official justice court page. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Keri H. Carroll
Biography
Keri H. Carroll served as Family Master for the 20th Chancery District from 2021 to 2025, presiding over more than 3,000 family law cases, per her campaign site. She clerked for Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Smith Jr. and holds a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, and currently serves as staff attorney to Judge John C. McLaurin Jr., per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Campaign says her entire career has focused on the family law, custody, divorce, adoption and guardianship cases chancery court hears
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M'
Michael 'Mike' Wolf
Biography
Michael Wolf is a candidate for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1. He is a partner at the law firm Resnick & Louis, P.C. in Jackson, per the firm's website. He was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1999 and has tried more than 100 cases, including arguments before the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, per the firm's website.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Bo Agnew, Keri H. Carroll and Michael 'Mike' Wolf are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 2
1 candidate
County ▾
TF
Troy Farrell Odom
INCUMBENT
Biography
Troy Farrell Odom is the sitting judge of the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of chancery court judges and staff. Troy Farrell Odom 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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Troy Farrell Odom is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 3
1 candidate
County ▾
HJ
Haydn J. Roberts
INCUMBENT
Biography
Haydn J. Roberts is the sitting judge of the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of chancery court judges and staff. Haydn J. Roberts 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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Haydn J. Roberts is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.

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