{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nPhillip Leon Cornett filed as the Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 28 Seat 1, covering Montgomery and Stanly counties, for the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Office history\nCornett was appointed to the North Carolina District Court for District 20A by Governor Roy Cooper on November 13, 2020 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Phillip Cornett - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Phillip_Cornett)\n[2] [2026 Candidate Listing \u2013 NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_028_seat_01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc District Court Judge District 28 Seat 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Phillip","fullname":"Phillip Leon Cornett","lastname":"Cornett","middlename":"Leon","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_028_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 28 Seat 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_028_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 28 Seat 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Phillip Leon Cornett is a North Carolina District Court judge appointed in 2020, with limited public biographical information.","terms":[],"token":"3e92093c6f512cb4"}