3 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Bo Agnew, Keri H. Carroll and Michael 'Mike' Wolf. Candidate information follows official Rankin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Bo Agnew, Keri H. Carroll and Michael 'Mike' Wolf are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 20th Chancery Court District (Rankin) 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.
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.
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Nonpartisan
Bo Agnew is a candidate for the open Rankin County Chancery Court, District 20, Place 1 seat being vacated by retiring Chancellor John McLaurin, per a local news account. Agnew currently serves as a Rankin County Justice Court Judge, District 2, a separate court, per the county's official justice court page. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Nonpartisan
Per the campaign site.
Keri H. Carroll served as Family Master for the 20th Chancery District from 2021 to 2025, presiding over more than 3,000 family law cases, per her campaign site. She clerked for Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Smith Jr. and holds a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, and currently serves as staff attorney to Judge John C. McLaurin Jr., per her campaign site.
Nonpartisan
Michael Wolf is a candidate for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1. He is a partner at the law firm Resnick & Louis, P.C. in Jackson, per the firm's website. He was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1999 and has tried more than 100 cases, including arguments before the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, per the firm's website.
Who is running for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1 in 2026?
3 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Bo Agnew, Keri H. Carroll and Michael 'Mike' Wolf. Candidate information follows official Rankin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Chancery Court Judge, District 20, Place 1 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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