{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Roderick G. Davis","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRoderick G. Davis currently serves as a District Court Judge for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina [1]. He was elected to this position in November 2022 and took office in January 2023, and is seeking re-election in the 2026 election cycle [2].\n\n## Background and education\nDavis is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1991, then worked for several years as an accountant and auditor in the Washington, D.C. area, performing financial statement audits for federal, state, and local governments. He earned a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2002, where he served as first-year class president and later vice president of the Black Law Students Association [3].\n\n## Career\nAfter law school, Davis worked for three years as an assistant public defender in Durham, North Carolina [3]. He went on to practice law in Mecklenburg County for more than 17 years before his 2022 election, operating The Law Offices of Roderick G. Davis, PLLC, in Charlotte, with a practice focused on criminal defense, personal injury, civil litigation, and small business law [2][3][4]. He is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and is a member of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association [3].\n\nDavis has been recognized as a Top Rated Business & Corporate Attorney by Super Lawyers and holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell [5][6].\n\n## Office history\nRoderick G. Davis was elected to the Mecklenburg County District Court Bench in November 2022 and assumed office in January 2023 [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Roderick G. Davis (North Carolina) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Roderick_G._Davis_(North_Carolina)) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[2] [Re-Elect Judge Roderick G. Davis](https://roderickgdavisforjudge.com/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[3] [Attorney Roderick G. Davis - Law Office bio](https://rgdavislaw.wixsite.com/roderick-davis/attorney-bio) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[4] [The Law Offices of Roderick G. Davis, PLLC - Charlotte - LawInfo.com](https://www.lawinfo.com/lawfirm/north-carolina/charlotte/the-law-offices-of-roderick-g-davis-pllc/915500e6-fcfa-4f21-865e-ac46c0b96ba8.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[5] [Roderick G. Davis - Charlotte - Super Lawyers profiles](https://profiles.superlawyers.com/north-carolina/charlotte/lawyer/roderick-g-davis/b37debef-ecd3-4a97-8c96-6df2e28e99e7.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[6] [Mr. Roderick Glenn Davis - Charlotte, NC Lawyer - Martindale-Hubbell](https://www.martindale.com/attorney/mr-roderick-glenn-davis-157889599/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Roderick","lastname":"Davis","middlename":"Glenn","suffix":null,"token":"992054f89925adf4"},"token":"eRCSbxhCHYs_kJo_"}],"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 26 Seat 13"}