2026 results · Mississippi · county

Benton County, Mississippi

Hyde-Smith carried Benton County by 8.1 points in the Senate race, 23.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+31.4). 2 races have votes counted here.

Benton County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 2,822; 73% of the 3,880 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: Hyde-Smith +8.1
2024 president: R+31.4
Shift from 2024: 23.3 pts → D
In Mississippi: 46th of 82; The 46th best county for Colom of the 82 counted; 69th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Mississippi SenateScott Colom won · Colom +0.8 across the state
44.8% Scott Colom52.9% Cindy Hyde-Smith
Hyde-Smith +8.12,822 votes
23.3 pts → D2024 R+31.4

The House

Mississippi 1st DistrictBenton County's part of the district · Trent Kelly won · R+17.3 across the district
43.3% Cliff Johnson55.6% Trent Kelly
R+12.32,812 votes
18.4 pts → D2024 R+30.7

Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.