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Mississippi — 2026
The candidates the Mississippi AFL-CIO — under President Mickey Carr — is backing for the November 3, 2026 general election. The U.S. Senate flip and all four U.S. House districts, plus everything a Mississippi voter needs to cast a ballot.
STRAIGHT TALK · FROM THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Unions Are Bipartisan. So Where Are the Candidates?
Let's clear something up: the labor movement doesn't belong to any political party. Unions are bipartisan — always have been. We've backed Democrats, Republicans, and independents. A union card doesn't ask how you vote. It asks one thing: do you stand with working people?
Which makes what's happening right now impossible to ignore. Look across the current field of candidates and count how many are championing legislation for working people — stronger wages, safer job sites, protected pensions, affordable healthcare, the right to organize. Very few. Maybe none.
And here's the part that should stop you cold: not one candidate has asked to sit down with labor unions for an interview. Not one has come to the workers of this region and said, "Tell me what your members need."
So what does that tell you?
It tells you our votes are being assumed instead of earned. It tells you that when working people stay quiet, the people asking for our votes think they don't owe us answers.
So we won't be quiet. Show up at forums and ask the hard questions. Check every endorsement. Follow the money behind every campaign. And when a candidate finally does stand up for working people — from either party — labor will be there. Until then: we vote our paychecks, not their promises.
— Kevin Bradshaw, President · Memphis & West Tennessee Central Labor Council
MISSISSIPPI · ABSENTEE VOTING IS OPEN — ENDS OCT 31 IN
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The Magnolia State Labor Slate
The candidates the Mississippi AFL-CIO — under President Mickey Carr — is backing for the November 3, 2026 general election, plus everything a Mississippi voter needs to cast a ballot.
Endorsements were announced by the Mississippi AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education at the federation's Jackson headquarters on February 16, 2026. President Mickey Carr said Colom has demonstrated a strong commitment to labor and understands the role unions play in strengthening communities. The Mississippi AFL-CIO represents more than 20 national and international unions and thousands of workers statewide. Read the announcement
MS AFL-CIO Endorsed — Nov 3
(5)The full slate President Mickey Carr and the Mississippi AFL-CIO are backing — the U.S. Senate flip and every one of Mississippi's four U.S. House districts.
Scott Colom
DemocratRunning for U.S. Senate — Mississippi
Statewide · challenging Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
Seventh-generation Mississippian and district attorney running on higher wages, affordable health care, saving Mississippi hospitals, and bringing good jobs home. “This endorsement shows that working people in Mississippi are ready for change,” Colom said accepting the endorsement.
Campaign website
Cliff Johnson
DemocratRunning for U.S. House — Mississippi District 1
MS-01 · North Mississippi
Lifelong Democrat running a grassroots, people-powered campaign to bring Mississippi values to Washington. Won the March 10 Democratic primary and advanced to the November ballot.
Campaign website
Bennie Thompson
DemocratRunning for U.S. House — Mississippi District 2
MS-02 · Delta & Jackson · Incumbent since 1993
Also endorsed by UAW, AFGE, and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
Dean of the Mississippi delegation, representing 23 counties including Hinds, Washington and Bolivar. Backed the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and helped secure $1.2 billion in broadband funding for the state.
Campaign website
Michael Chiaradio
DemocratRunning for U.S. House — Mississippi District 3
MS-03 · Central Mississippi
Farmer and entrepreneur from Shubuta who raises sheep, pigs and cows — MBA, former team supervisor at a global public company, and one-time professional baseball player. Running on intelligent public investment to drive rural economic competitiveness and reinvigorate American industry.
Campaign website
Jeffrey Hulum III
DemocratRunning for U.S. House — Mississippi District 4
MS-04 · Gulf Coast
22-year U.S. Army veteran from Gulfport and founder of the nonprofit Extend A Hand, Help A Friend. Running on stability, opportunity and dignity for South Mississippi's working families — home to the highest union density in the state on the shipbuilding coast.
Campaign websiteHow to vote in Mississippi — Nov 3, 2026
- Register by Monday, Oct 5 — mailed applications must be postmarked by that date. Register in person at your county Circuit Clerk's office.
- No traditional early voting in MS — but qualified voters (away from the county on Election Day, students, 65+, disability, and more) can vote in-person absentee at the Circuit Clerk's office Sept 19 – Oct 31, including Saturdays Oct 24 & 31 (8 a.m.–noon).
- Mail absentee — postmarked by Nov 3, received by 5 p.m. Nov 10.
- Election Day: Tuesday, Nov 3 — polls open 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Bring an acceptable photo ID.
Informational only — endorsement listings reflect announcements by the Mississippi AFL-CIO under President Mickey Carr. Verify your ballot, registration and absentee eligibility with your county Circuit Clerk and the Mississippi Secretary of State (yallvote.ms).
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