{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Rob Hasty","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRobert Alford Hasty Jr., known as Rob Hasty, is a first-time candidate for North Carolina Superior Court Judge, Judicial District 14A, Seat 01, covering Cumberland County. He filed on December 19, 2025. He is currently an Assistant County Attorney for Cumberland County and is not an incumbent judge.\n\nHasty's campaign emphasizes fairness, integrity, and experience, with a stated commitment to treating all courtroom participants with dignity and respect.\n\n## Background and education\nHasty is a lifelong Cumberland County resident. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from East Carolina University in 1988 and a Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1998.\n\n## Career\nAdmitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1998, Hasty began his legal career as a civil litigator with Anderson, Johnson, Lawrence, Butler & Bock in Fayetteville, handling all phases of litigation including motions, arbitration, mediation, and trial. In 2012, he transitioned to public service as Assistant County Attorney for Cumberland County, managing in-house litigation, criminal ordinance enforcement, and quasi-judicial hearings. He is admitted to the U.S. District Court (Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court. He is a certified NC Dispute Resolution Commission Mediator and former adjunct instructor at Fayetteville Technical Community College.\n\nHasty is an active member of First Presbyterian Church and the Order of AHEPA. He is also a member of the NC Bar Association, the Cumberland County Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute.\n\n## Family\nHasty is married to Yiotta, and they have a daughter named Lia.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Rob Hasty for Judge \u2013 Campaign Website](https://www.robhastyforjudge.com/)\n- [2] [2026 Primary Candidate Detail List \u2013 NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/2026_primary_candidate_detail_list.pdf)\n","firstname":"Robert","lastname":"Hasty","middlename":"Alford","suffix":"JR","token":"e612da2aea7ff71b"},"token":"cIPqLjqHFcy-8Us0"},{"candidatename":"Stephen Craig Stokes","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Stephen Craig Stokes is a registered voter in Cumberland County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Stephen Craig Stokes's year of birth as 1955; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 13 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Stephen Craig Stokes can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Stephen","lastname":"Stokes","middlename":"Craig","suffix":null,"token":"d53d28fb4a319b7a"},"token":"rWrGmn_-A3m8gjMm"}],"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 14A Seat 01"}