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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

2026 general election results: Benton County, Mississippi

If you vote in Benton County, Mississippi, here is each count as the office posts it, what was on your ballot, who represents you now, and how much weight Black voters carry here.

SourceLine Count for Benton County

SourceLine hasn't updated the results for Benton County, Mississippi yet. See the Mississippi Secretary of State for every race.

What was on the ballot in Benton County

  • U.S. Senate. The seat held by Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) was on the ballot.
  • U.S. House. All 4 of the state's seats were on the ballot.
  • State and local races and questions. Every count is posted by the Mississippi Secretary of State, which lists every race on the ballot.

U.S. Senate, Mississippi

Black Vote Power 35.9% of citizens old enough to vote · last margin 10 points

SourceLine hasn't updated this race's results yet. See Mississippi official results.

Their records and the three tests
  • Black voters can decide it. Black citizens are 35.9 percent of Mississippi citizens old enough to vote, more than the 10.0 point margin in the 2020 race for this seat.
  • Broad power. One of 100 Senate votes. The Senate passes every federal law and confirms federal judges and cabinet members.
  • History (not met). No first or runoff history recorded for this office in this cycle.

  • Cindy Hyde-Smith incumbent

    Ballot line
    Republican
    Public office now
    U.S. Senator, Class 2, term began January 3, 2021 (SourceLine officeholder record)
    Campaign money
    $4,646,803 raised for 2026 through October 14, 2026 (Federal Election Commission filings)

  • Scott Colom

    Ballot line
    Democrat
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    Not on SourceLine yet

  • Ty Pinkins

    Ballot line
    Independent
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    Not on SourceLine yet

The candidate with the most votes wins.

Candidates: Nominees as listed by The Green Papers and Wikipedia, checked November 2, 2026. Checked November 2, 2026. Last margin: Official Congressional Directory, October 2022: votes cast for senators in 2020, from official statistics compiled by the Clerk of the House. Black Vote Power: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Black Vote Power in Benton County

32.2% of citizens old enough to vote in Benton County, Mississippi are Black: 1,831 of 5,685 (2020 to 2024).

What It Means Here

In any race here decided by fewer points than 32.2, whether Black citizens turn out and how they vote can decide the result. This counts citizens old enough to vote, not registered voters or turnout, which are counted separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five year estimates, citizen voting age population.

Ballots counted beside 2022

SourceLine hasn't updated ballots counted here yet. Turnout appears here beside the 2022 general election.

Who represents Benton County now

U.S. Senate

  • Roger F. Wicker, Republican
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican · seat was on the ballot Tuesday

Your U.S. House member and state legislators depend on your street address. Look up your address.

Local officials

Local officials: Not on SourceLine yet

Local votes: Not on SourceLine yet

More about Benton County

When it becomes final

The state certifies its results on the schedule in state law; the date is not on SourceLine yet. Until then every number here is a SourceLine Count, labelled Where It Stands and not yet certified. Once certified, races read On the Record.

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About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.