Wilkinson County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
5 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 4 Wilkinson County races, led by the Circuit Court Judge, District 6-1 contest.
Judges
Circuit Court Judge, District 6-1Nonpartisan race · Carmen Brooks Drake
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Carmen Brooks Drake Nonpartisan Incumbent
Carmen Brooks Drake is the sitting judge of the 6th Circuit Court District (Adams, Amite, Wilkinson), per the Mississippi Judiciary's official directory of circuit court judges and staff. Carmen Brooks Drake is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for that seat, unopposed, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Carmen Brooks Drake 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 6-1 covers part of the 6th Circuit Court District (Adams, Amite, Wilkinson); 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 4, Place 1Nonpartisan race · E. Vincent Davis
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
E. Vincent Davis Nonpartisan Incumbent
E. Vincent Davis is the sitting Chancery Judge based in Natchez, per the Mississippi Judiciary's official court directory. He is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
E. Vincent Davis 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. Voters across the 4th Chancery Court District (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, Wilkinson) 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.
Full race pageChancery Court Judge, District 4, Place 2Nonpartisan race · Wayne Smith
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Wayne Smith Nonpartisan Incumbent
Wayne Smith is the sitting Chancery Judge for the 4th Chancery District, based in Liberty, per the Mississippi Judiciary's official court directory. He is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Wayne Smith 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. Voters across the 4th Chancery Court District (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, Wilkinson) 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.
Full race pageChancery Court Judge, District 4, Place 3Nonpartisan race · Debbra K. Halford · Ashunda Hampton
Debbra K. Halford Nonpartisan Incumbent
Debbra K. Halford is a sitting Chancery Court judge for the current Fourth Chancery District, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's 2026 Judiciary Directory. She is running for the redrawn Chancery District 4 Place 3 seat, per the Daily Leader. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Ashunda Hampton Nonpartisan
Ashunda Hampton is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Chancery Court, Chancery District 4 Place 3, per the Mississippi Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Debbra K. Halford and Ashunda Hampton are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Voters across the 4th Chancery Court District (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, Wilkinson) 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.
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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 Wilkinson County, Mississippi on November 3, 2026?
Wilkinson 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.
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