{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Wayne S. Boyette","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Wayne Shelton Boyette is a Democratic candidate on the North Carolina 2026 ballot. The specific office he is seeking is not identified in the publicly available sources, but he appears on the NC Voter Guide list of candidates for the 2026 election cycle [8].\n\nBoyette earned his Juris Doctor from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University and was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1987, establishing a long\u2011standing legal career in the state [12].\n\nHe has served as a judge and practicing attorney in eastern North Carolina, with professional listings locating him in Tarboro, NC. The lawyer.com profile describes him as \u201cJudge Wayne S. Boyette\u201d and notes his affiliation with the local legal community, though it does not detail the particular court or judicial district in which he serves [12].\n\nNo campaign literature or policy statements were found in the sources consulted, so his platform and specific legislative or administrative priorities remain unclear. The available information emphasizes his legal background, suggesting that his experience on the bench and in private practice may be central to his candidacy.\n\nContact information associated with a Wayne Boyette in North Carolina appears on public records sites. A phone number listed for a Tarboro, NC address is 252\u2011641\u20111433, and a Wilmington, NC address is linked to the number 850\u2011314\u20110303; both are attributed to a Wayne Boyette in the BeenVerified database [9]. Additional phone numbers (e.g., 850\u2011231\u20112856) appear in related listings. Email addresses are partially redacted, shown as \"wayne.******@hotmail.com\" and \"wayne.******@aol.com\" in the same source [9][10]. These details are provided for reference but have not been independently verified as belonging to the candidate.\n\n## Sources\n- [8] [Candidate Profiles \u2013 NC Voter Guide](https://ncvoterguide.org/profiles/)\n- [9] [Wayne Boyette Phone Number, Address, Email & More | BeenVerified](https://www.beenverified.com/people/wayne-boyette/)\n- [10] [Wayne Boyette, Florida - FL | Found at 11 Locations | BeenVerified](https://www.beenverified.com/people/wayne-boyette/fl/)\n- [12] [Judge Wayne Boyette - Attorney in Tarboro, NC - Lawyer.com](https://www.lawyer.com/wayne-s-boyette.html)","firstname":"Wayne","lastname":"Boyette","middlename":"Shelton","suffix":null,"token":"4f5fa9ca0e64e2df"},"token":"TzaMWx6D1EcPp78G"}],"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 08 Seat 02"}