{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDavid Brent Cloninger is a Republican candidate for re-election to North Carolina District Court Judge, District 25, Seat 4, serving Cabarrus County, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. He was first elected to the Cabarrus County district court bench in the November 2014 general election [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Cloninger, Johnson, Wilhelm, Hamby win district court judgeships \u2013 Independent Tribune](https://independenttribune.com/news/cloninger-johnson-wilhelm-hamby-win-district-court-judgeships/article_2f09b760-6514-11e4-9b61-001a4bcf6878.html) (2014-11-05; article text is paywalled beyond headline/date, so career and education details could not be independently confirmed and have been omitted) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [Cabarrus County Contact Directory \u2013 NC Judicial Branch](https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/cabarrus-county/contact-directory) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_025_seat_04","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc District Court Judge District 25 Seat 04"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"David","fullname":"David Brent Cloninger","lastname":"Cloninger","middlename":"Brent","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_025_seat_04","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 25 Seat 04","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_025_seat_04","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 25 Seat 04","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 Cloninger is identified as a District Court Judge for Dist 025 Seat 04 and a financial advisor in Sacramento, CA.","terms":[],"token":"5db7120757f7c86b"}