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Race at a glance
Walter Michael Ezell is running in Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. He is listed as a Republican and the incumbent.
The race is contested and includes eight candidates: three Democrats, three Republicans, one Independent and one AIC candidate. No candidate biographies or documented policy positions are on file for this field. The campaign-finance entries also list no amounts for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand for any candidate.
The eight candidates
- Paul James MR Blackman — Democrat. Blackman is listed as a Democratic candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Boyanton Lester Carl — Independent. Carl is listed as an Independent candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Charles Thomas Claburn — AIC. Claburn is listed as an AIC candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Walter Michael Ezell — Republican. Ezell is listed as a Republican candidate and the incumbent in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- D. Ryan Grover — Democrat. Grover is listed as a Democratic candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Jeffrey Iii Hulum — Democrat. Hulum is listed as a Democratic candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Ralph John Iii Mills — Republican. Mills is listed as a Republican candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
- Sawyer Walters — Republican. Walters is listed as a Republican candidate in the general election. No biography is on file. No documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are on file.
Policy positions
None of the eight candidates has a documented policy position on file. That applies to Blackman, Carl, Claburn, Ezell, Grover, Hulum, Mills and Walters equally.
Each candidate has a party or affiliation label in the race listing, but those labels do not establish a position on any specific issue. The record does not identify where any candidate stands on legislation or other matters that may come before the U.S. House.
Campaign finance
Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are all listed as not on file for every campaign. This applies equally to all eight candidates.
Those entries should not be read as zero-dollar amounts. They mean that no figure is listed for the candidate in each category. As a result, there is no recorded fundraising, spending or cash balance to compare among Blackman, Carl, Claburn, Ezell, Grover, Hulum, Mills and Walters.
Election process
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. All eight candidates are listed in the contested race for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District.
The next points to monitor are changes to the candidate roster and official entries adding biographies, policy positions or campaign-finance figures. Any such updates would give voters more information for comparing every candidate before the election.
