{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Andrew Murray","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"> **Note.** Raymond Andrew \"Andrew\" Murray Jr. is the incumbent District Attorney for North Carolina's 42nd Prosecutorial District (Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties), first appointed to the post by Governor Roy Cooper in 2021 and elected to a full term in 2022. He was the only candidate to file for the seat in the 2026 election and will appear unopposed on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Raymond Andrew Murray JR is a registered voter in Henderson County, North Carolina, registered since 2021 (5 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Raymond Andrew Murray JR's year of birth as 1962; 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\nVoters with personal knowledge of Raymond Andrew Murray JR 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/)\n\n[3] WLOS, \"Filing closes for North Carolina's 2026 primary elections, who is on the ballot\" (accessed 2026-07-24) -- reports incumbent District Attorney Andrew Murray as the only candidate to file for Prosecutorial District 42; North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, \"Prosecutorial District 42\" (ncdistrictattorney.org).","firstname":"Raymond","lastname":"Murray","middlename":"Andrew","suffix":"JR","token":"b34ffb6818b28a0a"},"token":"afQhr1YLJU"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"district_attorney_general","o.office":"district_attorney","office":"district_attorney","officedescription":"The district attorney general is the elected chief prosecutor for a judicial district \u2014 deciding what cases are charged, presenting cases to the grand jury, and prosecuting criminal matters. It is a leadership role over a public-law office with wide discretion.","officequalities":"- Prosecutorial leadership of a district attorney's office of attorneys, investigators, and victim-services staff.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and prosecutorial ethics under the Rules of Professional Conduct.\n- Charging-policy judgment that shapes the whole criminal-court docket \u2014 what is presented to the grand jury, diverted, or resolved by plea.\n- Budget and personnel management of a public-law-office operation.\n- Public-facing communication on cases of community concern, in cooperation with police, courts, and victim communities.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"District Attorney","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"District Attorney District 42"}