{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Travis N. Wheeler","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTravis Nathanael Wheeler is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 12, Seat 2, serving Harnett, Johnston, and Lee counties, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [2].\n\n## Office history\nWheeler previously ran for a district court seat in the same counties, then numbered North Carolina's 11th Judicial District, in the May 17, 2022 Republican primary, on the ballot alongside Charlene B. Nelson [1]. Ballotpedia's page for that race provides no further detail on his education or professional background, and he did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Travis Wheeler (North Carolina 11th Judicial District, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Travis_Wheeler_(North_Carolina_11th_Judicial_District,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))\n- [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing list (District Court Judge District 12 Seat 02), accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Travis","lastname":"Wheeler","middlename":"Nathanael","suffix":null,"token":"09b34fe34f2b0516"},"token":"xtSF_h6YmnbJ3Pe-"}],"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 12 Seat 02"}