{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDarren Clark Allen is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 37, Seat 3, in Randolph County, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, per the NC State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [2].\n\n## Office history\nAllen previously ran for district court judge in North Carolina's 19B Judicial District (the \"Creed\" seat) in the November 8, 2016 general election, losing to incumbent Don W. Creed Jr., who received 52.20% of the vote to Allen's 47.80% [1]. North Carolina's district court elections were nonpartisan from 2002 through 2016; partisan judicial elections began with the 2018 cycle [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Darren Allen - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Darren_Allen)\n[2] [North Carolina 2026 Candidate Listing (NCSBE)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_037_seat_03","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc District Court Judge District 37 Seat 03"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Darren","fullname":"Darren Clark Allen","lastname":"Allen","middlename":"Clark","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_037_seat_03","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 37 Seat 03","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_037_seat_03","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 37 Seat 03","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":"Darren Clark Allen is a Republican who ran for a North Carolina district\u2011court judgeship in 2016 but has not announced a 2026 candidacy.","terms":[],"token":"64b59c7e69dfb2df"}