{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Cecilia Oseguera","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCecilia Oseguera is a judge of the North Carolina District Court, District 26, Seat 18, covering Mecklenburg County. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper in 2022 and subsequently elected. She sought re-election in the 2026 primary but lost to Habekah Cannon on March 3, 2026.\n\n## Background and education\nOseguera earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UCLA, a Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Financial Services Compliance from Seton Hall University School of Law.\n\n## Career\nBefore joining the bench, Judge Oseguera served for 17 years as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Charlotte. She has also been selected to serve as a substitute Federal Magistrate Judge in the Western District of North Carolina. On the District Court, she has presided over family, civil, and criminal matters.\n\nOseguera served as President of the Mecklenburg Hispanic Lawyers Bar. She is a member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and serves on the Mecklenburg County Bar Board of Directors.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Re-Elect Cecilia Oseguera](https://judgececiliaoseguera.com/)\n- [2] [Governor Cooper Announces Two Judicial Appointments \u2013 NC Governor](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2022/07/08/governor-cooper-announces-two-judicial-appointments)\n","firstname":"Cecilia","lastname":"Oseguera","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"ef7ee5665d5b4b6c"},"token":"m6XXD82T1tcBg2PG"},{"candidatename":"Habekah Cannon","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Habekah Brittion Cannon is a registered voter in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, registered since 2018 (8 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Habekah Brittion Cannon's year of birth as 1993; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2018, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Habekah Brittion Cannon can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Habekah","lastname":"Cannon","middlename":"Brittion","suffix":null,"token":"c6db03d00634249e"},"token":"N-nKlQYNqw2PGr2p"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":null,"o.office":"district_court_judge","office":"district_court_judge","officedescription":"In North Carolina, a district court judge presides over the high-volume lower trial court \u2014 misdemeanors, smaller civil cases, and most family and juvenile matters (custody, support, domestic violence, abuse/neglect). Many litigants appear without lawyers.","officequalities":"- Judge of a high-volume district court \u2014 misdemeanors, smaller civil cases, and family and juvenile matters, often with unrepresented parties.\n- Judicial temperament: the willingness to listen, deliberate, and apply the law dispassionately to people whose lives are deeply affected by the outcome.\n- Impartiality and ethics under the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct, including recusal when conflicts arise.\n- Working knowledge of family, juvenile, and criminal procedure and the precedent that controls.\n- Efficient management of a heavy docket while honoring due process.\n- Accessibility and clarity for the many who appear without counsel.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"District Court Judge","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Nc District Court Judge District 26 Seat 18"}