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Congressman Guest draws Democrat challenger in 3rd District midterm race
Congressman Michael Guest, a Republican, has drawn an opponent in the 2026 midterms after running unopposed in the Central Mississippi district during the 2024 election cycle. Democrat Michael Chiaradio, a former independent professional baseball league player turned regenerative farmer, has filed to run for Congress in Mississippi's Third Congressional District. He has lived in Mississippi since early 2023, saying his move to the Magnolia State was the 'best decision I've ever made.' In the past few weeks, Chiaradio has been critical of President Donald Trump's use of the National Guard to crackdown on crime, labeled Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin 'a symbol of America's decline,' and called Trump's tariffs 'Republican economic sabotage.'