{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Beth Street","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSarah Elizabeth Bailey Street, known as Beth Street, is a District Court Judge for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She won election to the seat in November 2022, defeating incumbent Judge Juanita Boger-Allen, and is running for re-election in the 2026 election. [1]\n\n## Career\nBefore her election to the bench, Street served as an Assistant District Attorney in Cabarrus County for approximately eight years. [1]\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Beth Street steals District Court Judge seat from incumbent \u2013 Independent Tribune](https://independenttribune.com/news/local/beth-street-steals-district-court-judge-seat-from-incumbent/article_2c0600cc-5fc6-11ed-8876-6b30cf70d451.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[2] [District Court Judge Seat 2 primary election Q&A: Beth Street \u2013 Independent Tribune](https://independenttribune.com/news/election/district-court-judge-seat-2-primary-election-q-a-beth-street/article_4fea6f12-c4be-11ec-bbfa-a71385855299.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Sarah","lastname":"Street","middlename":"Elizabeth Bailey","suffix":null,"token":"6caf4e76c79cca31"},"token":"DtRIxl6X7ZiDzTM_"}],"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 25 Seat 02"}