{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nWilliam Arnold Wood II, who goes by Bill, is the incumbent Democratic judge for District 24D of the North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division, seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election. The Democratic and Republican primaries for the seat, scheduled for March 3, 2026, were both cancelled, leaving him unopposed on the primary ballot [1].\n\n## Background and education\nWood earned his undergraduate degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University and his J.D. from the North Carolina Central School of Law [1].\n\n## Career\nWood spent nearly three decades as an assistant district attorney in the Guilford County District Attorney's office, specializing in prosecuting violent crimes [1].\n\n## Office history\nGovernor Roy Cooper appointed Wood to the Fifth Division of the North Carolina Superior Court in 2018 [1]. He won election to a full term that November, defeating Gavin Reardon with 58.3% of the vote in the District 18 race [1]. Following a 2018 legislative restructuring (House Bill 717), his seat on the Fifth Division was absorbed into the Fourth Division effective January 1, 2019, where he served as District 18D judge through 2024 [1]. He assumed his current seat, District 24D of the Fourth Division, on January 1, 2024; his term runs through December 31, 2026 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [William Wood (North Carolina) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/William_Wood_(North_Carolina))","campaigns":[{"contest":"superior_court_judge_dist_24D_seat_01","county":"guilford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc Superior Court Judge District 24D Seat 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Arnold Wood II","lastname":"Wood","middlename":"Arnold","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"superior_court_judge_dist_24D_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc Superior Court Judge District 24D Seat 01","county":"guilford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"superior_court_judge","office_title":"Superior Court Judge","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"superior_court_judge_dist_24D_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc Superior Court Judge District 24D Seat 01","county":"guilford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"superior_court_judge","office_title":"Superior Court Judge","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"superior_court_judge","office_title":"Superior Court Judge","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"II","summary":"William Arnold Wood\u202fII is the incumbent Superior Court judge for District\u202f24D of NC\u2019s 4th Division, running for re\u2011election in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"369997ef68a07b97"}