- See Mike Ezell's sponsored bills →Mike EzellRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$1.1M raised
- Jeffrey HulumDemocratic✓ Verified$60K raised
- Carl BoyantonIndependent✓ Verified
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Jeffrey Hulum advocates raising Mississippi's minimum wage to $15 or more to support working families and backs affordable healthcare access including Medicaid expansion to keep rural hospitals open 126. Mike Ezell supports infrastructure investments like federal BUILD grants and votes yea on bills enhancing technology regulation, capital access, and privacy protections 34. Carl Boyanton emphasizes supporting small businesses to restore economic prosperity and supports securing borders with physical barriers and prioritizing deportation of illegal entrants 511.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 18, 2026.
| Issue | Mike EzellRepublican | Jeffrey HulumDemocratic | Carl BoyantonIndependent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Ezell supports infrastructure investments, including federal BUILD grants to improve transportation and freight in Mississippi’s Fourth District. Ezell votes yea on bills supporting technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, terrorism risk insurance, child-related acts, and financial exploitation prevention. | Hulum supports an economy that works for working people, advocating for living wages and policies that lower everyday costs for middle- and working-class families. Hulum says the $7.25 Mississippi minimum wage is not livable and calls for raising it to $15 or more. | Boyanton emphasizes supporting small businesses and restoring economic prosperity through limited government and personal responsibility. |
| Healthcare | Ezell votes yea on acts reauthorizing early care, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities. | Hulum supports affordable healthcare access, including Medicaid expansion, to prevent families from going broke and to keep rural hospitals open. Hulum says he believes in quality health care, strong-paying jobs and strong public education. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Jeffrey Hulum supports affordable healthcare access, including Medicaid expansion, to prevent families from going broke and to keep rural hospitals open 1. He also believes in quality health care, strong-paying jobs, and strong public education 2. Mike Ezell voted in favor of acts reauthorizing early care, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities 3. | |||
| Immigration | Ezell supports securing the southern border, finishing Trump's wall, opposing catch-and-release policies, and standing up to cartels and illegal immigration. Ezell votes yea on acts securing America, supporting Homeland Security, deporting fraudsters, stopping illegal entry, and the BOWOW Act, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Boyanton supports securing borders with physical barriers and technology, prioritizing deportation of illegal entrants, promoting assimilation, and reforming immigration to favor legal, value-aligned workers. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Mike Ezell supports securing the southern border, finishing Trump's wall, opposing catch-and-release policies, and standing up to cartels and illegal immigration 1. He votes yea on acts securing America, supporting Homeland Security, deporting fraudsters, stopping illegal entry, and the BOWOW Act, but nay on a national emergency resolution 2. Carl Boyanton supports securing borders with physical barriers and technology, prioritizing deportation of illegal entrants, promoting assimilation, and reforming immigration to favor legal, value-aligned workers 3. | |||
| Public Safety & Crime | Ezell supports law enforcement and has introduced resolutions expressing strong support for law enforcement professionals during National Police Week. Ezell votes yea on acts enhancing guard safety, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans' 2nd amendment, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Hulum supports criminal justice reform that balances community safety with fairness, accountability, and rehabilitation. | Boyanton highlights the dangers of unchecked fentanyl flows and human trafficking at the border, linking border security to community safety. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Jeffrey Hulum supports criminal justice reform that balances community safety with fairness, accountability, and rehabilitation 1. Mike Ezell supports law enforcement and has introduced resolutions expressing strong support for law enforcement professionals during National Police Week 2. He votes yea on acts enhancing guard safety, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans' 2nd amendment rights, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets 3. Carl Boyanton highlights the dangers of unchecked fentanyl flows and human trafficking at the border, linking border security to community safety 4. | |||
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Boyanton is pro-life, believing life begins at conception and abortion should be prohibited except in exceptional cases like rape, incest, or to protect the mother's health. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Ezell fights to reduce big government regulations and take power away from Washington. Ezell votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture and security appropriations. | Hulum says Congress should roll back certain tax breaks, which he connects to rising consumer costs. | Boyanton supports zero-based budgeting, timely appropriations, ending deficit spending, and a balanced budget amendment to control federal spending and reduce the national debt. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Jeffrey Hulum says Congress should roll back certain tax breaks, which he connects to rising consumer costs 1. Mike Ezell fights to reduce big government regulations and take power away from Washington 2 and votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture and security appropriations 3. Carl Boyanton supports zero-based budgeting, timely appropriations, ending deficit spending, and a balanced budget amendment to control federal spending and reduce the national debt 4. | |||
| Energy & Environment | Ezell supports bipartisan legislation to reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships to address shared ocean and coastal challenges. Ezell votes yea to disapprove EPA rule, supports battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act, but votes nay on diesel emissions and marine conservation reauthorization. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Ezell supports properly equipping and protecting the military, opposes defense budget cuts, and advocates for honoring commitments to veterans. Ezell supports strengthening America’s military through legislation like the National Defense Authorization Act and celebrates naval shipbuilding efforts. Ezell votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, yea on defense authorization and veterans clinic naming, and yea on FISA amendments despite failure. | Hulum supports national security grounded in strength, readiness, and experienced leadership rather than partisan actions. Hulum calls for ending the war in Iran, saying it is driving up gas and diesel prices for consumers. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Foreign Policy & Defense: Jeffrey Hulum supports national security based on strength, readiness, and experienced leadership rather than partisan actions, and he calls for ending the war in Iran, citing its impact on fuel prices 12. Mike Ezell supports properly equipping and protecting the military, opposes defense budget cuts, and advocates for honoring commitments to veterans; he also supports legislation like the National Defense Authorization Act and naval shipbuilding efforts 34. Ezell voted against removing US forces from Iran and Lebanon, voted for defense authorization and veterans clinic naming, and supported FISA amendments despite their failure 5. | |||