United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2026
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2026 U.S. House Elections |
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect four candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's four U.S. House districts. The primary is March 10, 2026, and a primary runoff is April 7, 2026. The general runoff is December 1, 2026. The filing deadline was December 26, 2025.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- Trent Kelly (Incumbent)
District 2
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Bennie Foster (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)
- Evan Turnage
- Pertis Williams III
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District 3
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- Michael Guest (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Did not make the ballot:
District 4
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Carl Boyanton (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
- Charles Claburn (American Independent Conservative Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Mike Ezell (Incumbent)
- Sawyer Walters
Did not make the ballot:
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
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]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Mississippi's 1st Congressional District
- Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District
- Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
- Mississippi's 4th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Mississippi in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Mississippi, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. House | Democratic | N/A | $500 | 12/26/2025 | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. House | Republican | N/A | $2500 | 12/26/2025 | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | $200 | 500 | 12/26/2025 | Source |
Political context
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Mississippi.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Mississippi in 2026. Information below was calculated on Dec. 26, 2025, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Fifteen candidates — nine Democrats and six Republicans — ran for Mississippi’s four U.S. House districts. That’s 3.8 candidates per district. There were three candidates per district in 2024, 5.8 in 2022, 3.8 in 2020, 3.5 in 2018, 2.8 in 2016, and 4.3 in 2014.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents — one Democrat and three Republicans — ran for re-election. There was one district open in 2018, the only election cycle since 2014 in which a district was open.
Five primaries — three Democratic and two Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there were three contested primaries in 2024, seven in 2022, five in 2020, three in 2018, three in 2016, and six in 2014.
Two districts — the 2nd and the 4th — tied for the most candidates who ran for a district in 2026. Three candidates ran in each district.
Two incumbents — Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-2nd) and Mike Ezell (R-4th) — faced primary challengers in 2026. There was one incumbent in a contested primary in 2024, four in 2022, three in 2020, one in 2018, two in 2016, and three in 2014.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all four districts, meaning no districts were guaranteed to either party.| District | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi's 1st | Trent Kelly | R+18 |
| Mississippi's 2nd | Bennie Thompson | D+11 |
| Mississippi's 3rd | Michael Guest | R+14 |
| Mississippi's 4th | Mike Ezell | R+21 |
| District | Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi's 1st | 31.0% | 68.0% |
| Mississippi's 2nd | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| Mississippi's 3rd | 35.0% | 64.0% |
| Mississippi's 4th | 28.0% | 71.0% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 15 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Mississippi's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Mississippi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Mississippi's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Tate Reeves |
| Lieutenant Governor | Delbert Hosemann |
| Secretary of State | Michael Watson |
| Attorney General | Lynn Fitch |
State legislature
Mississippi State Senate
| Party | As of January 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 34 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | |
Mississippi House of Representatives
| Party | As of January 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 42 | |
| Republican Party | 78 | |
| Independent | 2 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | |
Trifecta control
Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R[8] | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won Mississippi's eight unpledged electoral votes in the 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy.
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party
- ↑ Republicans gained a majority in 2007 when two Democratic state senators switched their party affiliation. Democrats regained the majority as a result of the 2007 elections.
