The 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. A runoff election will be held December 1, 2026, if no candidate gets majority of the vote. Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith is seeking re-election to a second term. She is being challenged by Democratic Lowndes County district attorney Scott Colom.
Primary elections were held on March 10, 2026. Facing a challenge from physician Sarah Adlakha, Hyde-Smith won the Republican nomination with 80.8% of the vote. Colom won the Democratic nomination with 73% of the vote against U.S. Marine Corps veteran Albert Littell and Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till.
Mississippi has been represented by Republicans in the U.S. Senate since 1989, Democrats have not won a Senate election in Mississippi since 1982.
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