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Republican incumbent John Trent Kelly is running in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District. The contested race also includes three Democrats: Kelvin Oneal MR Buck, Montravius Hall and Cliff Johnson.
Kelly is the only Republican listed in the four-candidate field and the only candidate identified as an incumbent. A biography and campaign finance figures are not on file for any candidate. There also are no documented policy positions for any of the four candidates.
John Trent Kelly
John Trent Kelly is listed as the Republican candidate and incumbent in the race for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District. He will appear in the general election scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
No candidate biography is on file for Kelly. His funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand also are not on file. That means there are no official campaign finance amounts to report for his candidacy at this stage.
Kelly has no documented policy positions on file. His views on specific issues therefore cannot be described in this profile without going beyond the official record.
The Democratic candidates
Kelvin Oneal MR Buck is listed as a Democratic candidate in the same general election. No candidate biography is on file for Buck. His funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file, and he has no documented policy positions on file.
Montravius Hall is listed as a Democratic candidate in the same general election. No candidate biography is on file for Hall. His funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file, and he has no documented policy positions on file.
Cliff Johnson is listed as a Democratic candidate in the same general election. No candidate biography is on file for Johnson. His funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file, and he has no documented policy positions on file.
Together, Buck, Hall and Johnson make up the Democratic side of the listed field. Kelly is the Republican incumbent. All four are identified as candidates for the same U.S. House seat and the same Nov. 3 general election.
Policy and campaign finance picture
The official record does not establish differences among Kelly, Buck, Hall and Johnson on public policy. None has a documented position on file, so no candidate can be characterized as supporting or opposing a particular proposal or issue.
The campaign finance picture is similarly undeveloped. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file for Kelly or for any of the three Democratic candidates. There are therefore no official dollar figures to compare across the field.
Those omissions apply equally to every candidate in the race. They do not establish what a candidate believes, how a campaign is operating or how much financial activity may occur later in the election cycle.
Election process to watch
The next key date listed for the race is the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Voters in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District will see a contested U.S. House race with four listed candidates representing two parties.
Future official filings could add candidate biographies, campaign finance totals or documented issue positions. Until such entries appear, the confirmed distinctions are limited: Kelly is the Republican incumbent, while Buck, Hall and Johnson are Democratic candidates seeking the same seat.
