{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Marissa Curry","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMarissa Curry is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 29, Seat 2, which covers Moore and Hoke counties. She ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary.\n\n## Background and education\nCurry earned her law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is based in Carthage, North Carolina.\n\n## Career\nCurry is the owner and lead attorney at Curry Law Firm PC in Carthage, where she has practiced for nearly 20 years as an attorney, mediator, and advocate. Her legal experience spans every area of district court: family law, juvenile law, Department of Social Services cases, child support, domestic violence, criminal district court, and civil cases, as well as substantial Superior Court experience.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Marissa Curry for Judge \u2013 curry4judge.com](https://curry4judge.com/)","firstname":"Marissa","lastname":"Curry","middlename":"Lynn","suffix":null,"token":"50bf8346e9f9428c"},"token":"lQZo1lS4iLpsp32Y"},{"candidatename":"Beth Tanner","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Donna Elizabeth Tanner is a registered voter in Moore County, North Carolina, registered since 2021 (5 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Donna Elizabeth Tanner's year of birth as 1983; 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 14 elections voted in since 2016, 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 Donna Elizabeth Tanner 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":"Donna","lastname":"Tanner","middlename":"Elizabeth","suffix":null,"token":"36e53465adcb7394"},"token":"PUZd-xeJbdpUd6_B"},{"candidatename":"Sharlene Anderson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"**Status update.** Anderson lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for NC District Court Judge, District 29, Seat 2 -- a three-way race with Marissa Curry and Beth Tanner. Per Moore County's certified results (the district's larger of two counties), Tanner led with 47.10% (5,310 votes) to Anderson's 43.09% (4,858 votes); Tanner was reported as the primary's district-wide winner and is the seat's current officeholder heading into the general election [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Sharlene Gilmer Anderson is a registered voter in Moore County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Sharlene Gilmer Anderson's year of birth as 1974; 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 7 elections voted in since 2018, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nVoters with personal knowledge of Sharlene Gilmer Anderson 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/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 certified primary results, Moore County (er.ncsbe.gov), accessed 2026-07-24; Hoke News, \"Newcomer ousts incumbent Hoke County commissioner...\" (March 4, 2026), which also reports Beth Tanner as the District Court Judge District 29 Seat 2 primary winner","firstname":"Sharlene","lastname":"Anderson","middlename":"Gilmer","suffix":null,"token":"6b97df760b6300ff"},"token":"EKb1STyG5V4sutfT"}],"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 29 Seat 02"}