3 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Mississippi Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Candidate Qualifying List (Mississippi Secretary of State; the app embedded on https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/candidate-qualifying-list) (no date stated).
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Republican · In office
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
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Democratic
Scott Colom claimed the average Entergy household in Mississippi is paying about $10.60 more every month because of data center operations.
Their newest statement on the record, October 7, 2026, The Enterprise-Tocsin (opens in a new tab).
3 statements · 0 votes on the record
Independent
No sourced statement on the record as of October 23, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
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No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Cindy Hyde-Smith.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Cindy Hyde-Smith.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
Scott Colom has 3 statements on data centers on the record.
Scott Colom claimed the average Entergy household in Mississippi is paying about $10.60 more every month because of data center operations.
The Enterprise-Tocsin (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources
Colom said the ban would give the state a chance to study impacts and come up with regulations, including requiring data centers to pay their own way and more transparency about deals
HottyToddy.com (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources
Scott Colom, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, called on September 24, 2026 for a temporary ban on new data centers in Mississippi
HottyToddy.com (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Ty Pinkins.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Ty Pinkins.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
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