{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"James P. (Jimmy) Hill","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJames Pierce Hill Jr., known as Jimmy Hill, is a Superior Court Judge for Judicial District 37, which serves Randolph County, North Carolina. He was elected to the Superior Court bench in November 2018 for an eight-year term ending in 2026, and filed for re-election to NC Superior Court Judge District 37, Seat 1 on December 1, 2025. He is a Republican.\n\n## Background and education\nHill earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Wake Forest University in 1979, a master's degree from Appalachian State University in 1984, and his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1988.\n\n## Career\nHill served as a District Court Judge for the former Judicial District 19B, covering Montgomery, Moore, and Randolph counties, from 2005 to 2018. He was originally appointed to the District Court bench by Governor Mike Easley in June 2005. After thirteen years on the district court, he ran for and won election to the Superior Court for District 37 (Randolph County) in 2018, taking office January 1, 2019.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Randolph County, NC \u2013 Elected Officials](https://www.randolphcountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1142/Elected-Officials-Guide-PDF)\n- [2] [Judge James P. Hill \u2013 Trellis.Law](https://trellis.law/judge/james.p.hill)","firstname":"James","lastname":"Hill","middlename":"Pierce","suffix":"JR","token":"e8419c73f613039e"},"token":"RF5weiy9HKk5KS7C"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":null,"o.office":"superior_court_judge","office":"superior_court_judge","officedescription":"In North Carolina, a superior court judge presides over the general-jurisdiction trial court \u2014 felony criminal cases and civil cases above the district-court limit \u2014 riding a rotation among the counties of the judicial district. Decisions are subject to appellate review.","officequalities":"- Trial-court judge of general civil and criminal jurisdiction \u2014 presides over jury and bench trials, dispositive motions, and felony sentencing.\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 the substantive and procedural law that controls, and the published precedent.\n- Docket management across a rotating district while honoring due process.\n- Clear written and oral explanation of rulings, so the parties and the public can follow the reasoning.","officeterm":8,"officetitle":"Superior Court Judge","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Nc Superior Court Judge District 37 Seat 01"}