2 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 9-2, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Vicki Roach Barnes and Penny B. Lawson. Candidate information follows official Sharkey County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
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.
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, Vicki Roach Barnes, is on the ballot.
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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.
Nonpartisan
Per the campaign site.
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.
Who is running for Chancery Court Judge, District 9-2 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Chancery Court Judge, District 9-2, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Vicki Roach Barnes and Penny B. Lawson. Candidate information follows official Sharkey County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Chancery Court Judge, District 9-2 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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