D. Neil Harris Sr.
Biography
D. Neil Harris Sr. is a sitting Chancery Court judge for the Sixteenth Chancery District, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Jackson County, Mississippi
Chancery Court Judge, District 16, Place 1
Jackson County, Mississippi
Chancery Court Judge, District 16, Place 1
3 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 16, Place 1, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: D. Neil Harris Sr., Jennifer Sekul Harris and Matthew Paul Pavlov. Candidate information follows official Jackson County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
D. Neil Harris Sr., Jennifer Sekul Harris and Matthew Paul Pavlov are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 16th Chancery Court District (George, Jackson) vote on this seat. Mississippi judicial races are nonpartisan; if nobody wins a majority, the top two meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026, per the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Listed from the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
What this office does
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. The sitting officeholder, D. Neil Harris Sr., is on the ballot.