{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jeffrey Moreland","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Jeffrey Ryan Moreland is the incumbent North Carolina District Court Judge for District 1, Seat 2, serving until December 31, 2026 [1][2]. He filed to run for re-election as a Republican on December 1, 2025, and is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [3][4].\n\n## Background and education\n\nMoreland earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of North Carolina in 2007 and his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina in 2013 [2]. He served in the U.S. Army as a non-commissioned officer from 2000 to 2005 [2].\n\n## Career\n\nMoreland practiced law through the Law Office of Jeffrey R. Moreland from 2015 to 2016, then began serving as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of North Carolina in 2016 [2]. He ran in the Republican primary for North Carolina District Court, District 1, Seat 2, on May 17, 2022 [1], and was elected to the seat in the November 8, 2022 general election [2].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Jeff Moreland (North Carolina 1st Judicial District, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Moreland_(North_Carolina_1st_Judicial_District,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))\n[2] [Jeff Moreland | BallotReady](https://www.ballotready.org/people/jeff-moreland)\n[3] [2026 North Carolina Elections: Early Filing Update - Albemarle Observer](https://albemarleobserver.news/2025/12/04/2026-north-carolina-elections-early-filing-update/)\n[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List, accessed 2026-07-20 (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)","firstname":"Jeffrey","lastname":"Moreland","middlename":"Ryan","suffix":null,"token":"49d3e888a724f368"},"token":"yDXYt_j3WPQzYbQ8"}],"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 01 Seat 02"}