{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Carole A. Hicks","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Carole Anne Hicks is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 32, Seat 1 in North Carolina's 2026 elections. The North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list shows Carole Anne Hicks filing as a unaffiliated-party (blank on the filing list) candidate on December 2, 2025 [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Carole Anne Hicks is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 1988 (38 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. NC's bulk voter export publishes only year of birth, not a full date; the voter file lists Carole Anne Hicks's year of birth as 1957 [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 16 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the March 3, 2026 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the candidate filing and voter records was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Carole Anne Hicks can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter registration file, accessed 2026-07-21 (https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), accessed 2026-07-21 (https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Carole","lastname":"Hicks","middlename":"Anne","suffix":null,"token":"febddbf450fce6fa"},"token":"HrZLUMlLqXlD_Qj-"}],"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 32 Seat 01"}