{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jim Hedrick","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJames Eugene Hedrick Jr. is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 33, Seat 4 (Davidson County seat), in the 2026 election. District 33 serves Davidson and Davie counties. He filed for candidacy on December 3, 2025, with an address in Lexington, North Carolina. He is challenging incumbent Judge David S. Doherty for the Davidson County seat.\n\n## Career\nHedrick is a criminal defense attorney based in Lexington, Davidson County. He has maintained his law office at 11 South Main Street in Lexington and has been licensed to practice in North Carolina since 2007, with a practice focused exclusively on criminal defense.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [2026 General Candidate List \u2013 NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/2026_general_candidate_list_by_contest_federal_and_state.pdf)\n- [2] [James Eugene Hedrick \u2013 Avvo Attorney Profile](https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/27292-nc-james-hedrick-1728157.html)","firstname":"James","lastname":"Hedrick","middlename":"Eugene","suffix":"JR","token":"c347378fc3772bb9"},"token":"s-PKdNKT7X7bJZ9D"},{"candidatename":"David S. Doherty","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n**Editorial note \u2014 lost March 2026 primary.** Doherty placed 2nd of 2 Republican candidates in the March 3, 2026 primary for NC District Court Judge, District 33, Seat 04, receiving 5,907 votes (29.6%) to winner Jim Hedrick's 14,048 votes (70.4%); Doherty will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [4].\n\nDavid Scott Doherty (listed on the ballot as \"David S. Doherty\") is a Republican candidate for NC District Court Judge, District 33, Seat 04, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1]. David filed for candidacy on December 9, 2025, for Davidson and Davie Counties [1]. The race appears on the March 3, 2026 primary ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, David Scott Doherty is a registered voter in Davidson County, North Carolina, registered since 1992 (34 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows David Scott Doherty's year of birth as 1963; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 12 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [3].\n\nThis biography draws on the North Carolina State Board of Elections' candidate filing records and the state's public voter registration and history files. No additional published biographical information (news coverage, a campaign website, or a Ballotpedia profile) was located. Voters with personal knowledge of David Scott Doherty can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (bulk CSV), accessed 2026-07-21 -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections - Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n[4] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 Official Precinct-Level Results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 NC District Court Judge District 33 Seat 04 Republican primary, accessed 2026-07-24","firstname":"David","lastname":"Doherty","middlename":"Scott","suffix":null,"token":"c5aecf4d773cd9a7"},"token":"3C6RN_iAkF3YQdhW"}],"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 33 Seat 04"}