{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Louis Meyer","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLouis B. Meyer III is a District Court Judge for Judicial District 10E, Seat 2, serving Wake County, North Carolina. He was appointed to the court by Governor Bev Perdue in 2012, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Kristin Ruth. He has been re-elected to the seat, most recently in November 2022.\n\n## Background and education\nMeyer was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Wilson, North Carolina. He earned his bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University in 1980 and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1983.\n\n## Career\nAfter law school, Meyer practiced civil and commercial law in Wake County for twenty-seven years with the firm Poyner Spruill LLP. He was appointed to the District Court bench in 2012.\n\n## Family\nHis father, the Honorable Louis B. Meyer, served as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. His wife, Staci Meyer, earned degrees from Clemson University and North Carolina Central University's School of Law.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [About \u2013 Judge Louis Meyer](http://judgelouismeyer.com/about/)\n- [2] [Lawyer named to replace convicted Wake judge \u2013 WRAL](https://www.wral.com/story/lawyer-named-to-replace-convicted-wake-judge/11376574/)","firstname":"Louis","lastname":"Meyer","middlename":"B","suffix":"III","token":"cb4263f73fd5f040"},"token":"P8U_WG29AS6NXJAq"}],"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 10E Seat 02"}