{"biography":"> **Editorial note \u2014 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.\n\n## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDavid Abraham Hudson, who files as \"Abe Hudson,\" is the Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 42, Seat 5 \u2014 covering Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties \u2014 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].\n\n## Sources\n[1] NC State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_042_seat_05","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc District Court Judge District 42 Seat 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"David","fullname":"David Abraham Hudson","lastname":"Hudson","middlename":"Abraham","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_042_seat_05","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 42 Seat 05","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_042_seat_05","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 42 Seat 05","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":"David Abraham Hudson is a Republican who has run for Stokes County Commissioner (2024) and King City Council (2025) in North Carolina.","terms":[],"token":"3f73701aa2cae05d"}