{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Chris Brooks","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nChristopher West Brooks, known as Chris Brooks, is a District Court Judge for Judicial District 10F, Seat 1, in Wake County, North Carolina. He was appointed to the seat by Governor Josh Stein on March 5, 2025, replacing Judge Jennifer Bedford. His current term ends December 7, 2026.\n\n## Background and education\nBrooks is a native of the Apex and Cary area of Wake County. He graduated from Apex High School and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his law degree from Campbell University School of Law.\n\n## Career\nBrooks has served in the Transportation Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice since 2006. He previously served in the Department's Criminal Division. Prior to his appointment to the bench, his career at the DOJ spanned nearly two decades of state government legal service.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Governor Stein Announces Superior and District Court Appointments \u2013 NC Governor](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/05/governor-stein-announces-superior-and-district-court-appointments)\n- [2] [Meet Chris \u2013 Chris Brooks for Wake County District Judge](https://votechrisbrooks.com/meet-chris)","firstname":"Christopher","lastname":"Brooks","middlename":"West","suffix":null,"token":"c8a2cbd31e99ee6f"},"token":"KmnJkVWOU2nFm95A"}],"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 10F Seat 01"}