{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Robert (Rob) Crumpton","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRobert Jason Crumpton is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 34, Seat 1, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, per the NC State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list; the district covers Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties [2].\n\n## Background and education\nCrumpton earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law [1].\n\n## Career\nBefore his 2014 election to the bench, Crumpton practiced law as a partner at Crumpton & Johnson, Attorneys at Law [1].\n\n## Office history\nCrumpton was elected judge of North Carolina's 23rd Judicial District (the pre-2018 numbering for the district now known as District 34) on November 4, 2014, winning the general election with 51.2% of the vote after placing first in a five-candidate primary with 27.0% [1]. That term expired December 31, 2018. In July 2014, the North Carolina Bar Association's judicial performance evaluation survey rated him above 4.0 out of 5 on integrity, legal ability, professionalism, communication, and administrative skills [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Robert Crumpton - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Crumpton)\n[2] [North Carolina 2026 Candidate Listing (NCSBE)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Robert","lastname":"Crumpton","middlename":"Jason","suffix":null,"token":"74b4c4c4104ad895"},"token":"D72DEYvymb7MNB5u"}],"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 34 Seat 01"}