Editorial note — same-name confusion. Web and voter-file searches for "David Hudson" in North Carolina surface several unrelated people, including a 2024 Stokes County Board of Commissioners candidate, a 2025 King (Stokes County) City Council candidate, and U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NRCC Chair). None of them is the candidate profiled here.
David Abraham Hudson, who files as "Abe Hudson," is the Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 42, Seat 5 — covering Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties — on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. State candidate-filing records show he was the only candidate to file for the seat and list his address in Hendersonville, Henderson County 1.
Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) — accessed 2026-07-19Candidates and officeholders are required by law to file campaign finance reports and statements of economic interest. The sites below don't support direct links to an individual record — search by last name on each.