Sharkey County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
3 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 2 Sharkey County races, led by the Circuit Court Judge, District 9-1 contest.
Judges
Circuit Court Judge, District 9-1Nonpartisan race · Toni Walker Terrett
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Toni Walker Terrett Nonpartisan Incumbent
Toni Walker Terrett is a sitting Circuit Court Judge for the Ninth District of Mississippi, elected in November 2018, and serves as presiding judge for the Ninth District Intervention Court, per her campaign site. She previously served nine years as a Community Court judge in Vicksburg Municipal Court and worked as a Drug Court public defender, law clerk and university faculty member, per her campaign site. She holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Tougaloo College, an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Memphis, and a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law.
Toni Walker Terrett is the only name on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Mississippi ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Subdistrict 9-1 covers part of the 9th Circuit Court District (Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren); only voters living in that subdistrict see this race. 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.
Full race pageChancery Court Judge, District 9-2Nonpartisan race · Vicki Roach Barnes · Penny B. Lawson
Vicki Roach Barnes Nonpartisan Incumbent
Vicki Roach Barnes is a sitting Chancery Court judge for the Ninth Chancery District, based in Vicksburg, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Penny B. Lawson Nonpartisan
- Practices in family law, estates and general litigation and says her platform focuses on court accessibility
Per the campaign site.
About Penny B. Lawson
Penny B. Lawson has served as Vicksburg Municipal Court judge pro tem since 2017 and as Port Gibson Municipal Court judge since January 2025, per her campaign site. She was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 2010 after earning her law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, and previously served as president of the Warren County Bar Association, per the Vicksburg Post.
Vicki Roach Barnes and Penny B. Lawson are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Subdistrict 9-2 of the 9th Chancery Court District is made up of Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren 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.
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Mississippi's November 3, 2026 ballot is a federal and judicial ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Court of Appeals, and every circuit and chancery judgeship under the district lines the Legislature drew in 2025. Party nominees for the federal races were chosen at the March 10 primary. Judicial races and special elections 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. Unopposed candidates still appear on the ballot. Mississippi elects county officers, legislators and statewide officials in odd-numbered years (next in 2027). The field is the Secretary of State's official sample ballot dated September 9, 2026.
Who is on the ballot in Sharkey County, Mississippi on November 3, 2026?
Sharkey County sample ballot 2026: who is running for chancery court judge and circuit court judge, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Mississippi?
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