2026 results · Mississippi · county

Leake County, Mississippi

Hyde-Smith carried Leake County by 3.5 points in the Senate race, 19.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+23.4). 2 races have votes counted here.

Leake County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 6,593; 79% of the 8,380 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: Hyde-Smith +3.5
2024 president: R+23.4
Shift from 2024: 19.9 pts → D
In Mississippi: 44th of 82; The 44th best county for Colom of the 82 counted; 45th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Mississippi SenateScott Colom won · Colom +0.8 across the state
47.5% Scott Colom51.1% Cindy Hyde-Smith
Hyde-Smith +3.56,593 votes
19.9 pts → D2024 R+23.4

The House

Mississippi 2nd DistrictLeake County's part of the district · Bennie Thompson won · D+38.1 across the district
46.7% Bennie Thompson51.1% Ron Eller
R+4.46,584 votes
15.3 pts → D2024 R+19.7

Also in this county: MS-03, with no votes counted in this county's part. 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.