{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Andrew LaBreche","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nAndrew Michael LaBreche is a Republican attorney and candidate for NC District Court Judge, District 41, Seat 1, serving Rutherford and McDowell Counties. He is running against incumbent Judge Robert Martelle.\n\n## Career\n\nLaBreche practices law in Rutherfordton, NC. He has publicly documented what he describes as systemic judicial misconduct in District 41, publishing a series of written chapters on Substack examining the record of former Chief District Court Judge Randy Pool and other actors in the local court system.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Andrew LaBreche \u2013 Substack](https://andrewlabrechelaw.substack.com/)\n- [2] [Martelle Once Sentenced District Court Judge Challenger LaBreche for a DWI \u2013 WCAB News](https://www.wcabnews.com/post/martelle-once-sentenced-district-court-judge-challenger-labreche-for-a-dwi)","firstname":"Andrew","lastname":"Labreche","middlename":"Michael","suffix":null,"token":"6fed3f429794afcd"},"token":"LALy_IOPo5-vQYsQ"},{"candidatename":"Robert K. Martelle","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Robert Kenneth Martelle is a registered voter in Rutherford County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Robert Kenneth Martelle's year of birth as 1969; 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 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 Robert Kenneth Martelle 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":"Robert","lastname":"Martelle","middlename":"Kenneth","suffix":null,"token":"e6cd19f0c9a97316"},"token":"RQ3xd3v9vN4-eDzk"}],"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 41 Seat 01"}