{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jim Hedrick","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJames Eugene Hedrick Jr. is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 33, Seat 4 (Davidson County seat), in the 2026 election. District 33 serves Davidson and Davie counties. He filed for candidacy on December 3, 2025, with an address in Lexington, North Carolina. He is challenging incumbent Judge David S. Doherty for the Davidson County seat.\n\n## Career\nHedrick is a criminal defense attorney based in Lexington, Davidson County. He has maintained his law office at 11 South Main Street in Lexington and has been licensed to practice in North Carolina since 2007, with a practice focused exclusively on criminal defense.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [2026 General Candidate List \u2013 NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/2026_general_candidate_list_by_contest_federal_and_state.pdf)\n- [2] [James Eugene Hedrick \u2013 Avvo Attorney Profile](https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/27292-nc-james-hedrick-1728157.html)","firstname":"James","lastname":"Hedrick","middlename":"Eugene","suffix":"JR","token":"c347378fc3772bb9"},"token":"-rgy6EUJaWBFxp25"}],"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 33 Seat 04"}