2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi

November 3, 2026
 
Nominee Cindy Hyde-Smith Scott Colom
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent U.S. senator

Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican



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 on November 3. Primary elections were held on March 10, 2026.

One-term Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith was re-elected in 2020 with 54.1% of the vote after being appointed in 2018 and subsequently winning a special election that same year. She is running for a second full term in office, defeating physician Sarah Adlakha in the Republican primary on March 10, 2026.

Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom defeated U.S. Marine Corps veteran Albert Littell, and Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till, in the Democratic primary on March 10, 2026.