All four of Mississippi’s incumbent U.S. representatives and its incumbent junior U.S. senator filed paperwork to run for reelection in 2026, according to news releases from the state Democratic and Republican parties. 

Twenty candidates qualified to run in the party primaries, which will take place on March 10. The party nominees will compete against one another in the general election on Nov. 3. 

Here is the list of Republican candidates running for Congress: 

United States Senate

• Sarah Adlakha 
• Cindy Hyde-Smith, incumbent 

U.S. House of Representatives – District 1

• Trent Kelly, incumbent 

U.S. House of Representatives – District 2

• Ron Eller 
• Kevin Wilson 

U.S. House of Representatives – District 3

• Michael Guest, incumbent 

U.S. House of Representatives – District 4

• Mike Ezell, incumbent 
• Sawyer Walters 

Here is the list of Democratic candidates running for Congress: 

United States Senate

• Scott Colom
• Albert R. Littell
• Priscilla W. Till

U.S. House of Representatives – District 1

• Kelvin Buck
• Cliff Johnson

U.S. House of Representatives – District 2

• Bennie G. Thompson, incumbent 
• Evan Littleton Turnage
• Pertis Herman Williams III

U.S. House of Representatives – District 3

• Michael A. Chiaradio

U.S. House of Representatives – District 4

• Paul James Blackman
• D. Ryan Grover
• Jeffrey Hulum III