2 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 7-2, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Willie J. Perkins Sr. and W. M. Sanders. Candidate information follows official Leflore County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Willie J. Perkins Sr. and W. M. Sanders are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Subdistrict 7-2 of the 7th Chancery Court District is made up of Leflore, Sunflower counties; every voter there votes 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.
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. Sitting officeholders on the ballot: Willie J. Perkins Sr., W. M. Sanders.
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Nonpartisan Incumbent
Willie J. Perkins Sr. is a sitting Chancery Court judge for the Seventh Chancery District, based in Greenwood, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Nonpartisan Incumbent
W. M. Sanders is a sitting Chancery Court judge for the Seventh Chancery District, based in Greenwood, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Who is running for Chancery Court Judge, District 7-2 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 7-2, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Willie J. Perkins Sr. and W. M. Sanders. Candidate information follows official Leflore County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Chancery Court Judge, District 7-2 election in Mississippi?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Mississippi are on the Mississippi election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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