Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

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2024
Mississippi's 1st Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: March 10, 2026
Primary runoff: April 7, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Mississippi

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
See also
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Mississippi elections, 2026
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U.S. House elections, 2026

All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Mississippi, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly, Kelvin Buck, Montravius Hall, and Cliff Johnson are running in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 3, 2026.


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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Mississippi

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Trent Kelly Republican Party $282,758 $271,571 $620,046 As of June 30, 2025
Kelvin Buck Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Montravius Hall Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Cliff Johnson Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]

Race ratings: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
Race trackerRace ratings
9/30/20259/23/20259/16/20259/9/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillPendingPendingPendingPending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 12 Republican primary)

Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 12 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Dianne Black in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly (R)
 
69.8
 
223,589
Image of Dianne Black
Dianne Black (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.2
 
96,697

Total votes: 320,286
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Dianne Black defeated Matthew Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 12, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dianne Black
Dianne Black Candidate Connection
 
85.0
 
12,147
Image of Matthew Williams
Matthew Williams Candidate Connection
 
15.0
 
2,138

Total votes: 14,285
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 12, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly
 
100.0
 
68,842

Total votes: 68,842
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2022

See also: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Dianne Black in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly (R)
 
73.0
 
122,151
Image of Dianne Black
Dianne Black (D) Candidate Connection
 
27.0
 
45,238

Total votes: 167,389
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Dianne Black defeated Hunter Avery in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dianne Black
Dianne Black Candidate Connection
 
79.0
 
8,268
Image of Hunter Avery
Hunter Avery Candidate Connection
 
21.0
 
2,203

Total votes: 10,471
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Mark Strauss in the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly
 
89.8
 
27,447
Image of Mark Strauss
Mark Strauss Candidate Connection
 
10.2
 
3,109

Total votes: 30,556
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2020

See also: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Antonia Eliason in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly (R)
 
68.7
 
228,787
Image of Antonia Eliason
Antonia Eliason (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.3
 
104,008

Total votes: 332,795
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Antonia Eliason advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 10, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Antonia Eliason
Antonia Eliason Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
37,830

Total votes: 37,830
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1

Incumbent Trent Kelly advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 10, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trent Kelly
Trent Kelly
 
100.0
 
56,501

Total votes: 56,501
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District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018


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