{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJanelle Lilley Cline is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 6, Seat 3, in the 2026 election. District 6 serves New Hanover and Pender counties, with the district court based in Wilmington. The 2026 general election is scheduled for November 3, 2026.\n\n## Background and education\nCline earned her bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a master's degree from the University of Maryland College Park, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law.\n\n## Career\nCline began her legal career as a prosecutor with the New Hanover and Pender County District Attorney's Office. She subsequently joined the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, where she continued her prosecutorial work.\n\n## Family\nShe resides in Wilmington with her husband Jason Cline and their three children, Luke, Alice, and Lincoln.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Janelle for Judge](https://janelleforjudge.com/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_006_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 06 Seat 03"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Janelle","fullname":"Janelle Lilley Cline","lastname":"Cline","middlename":"Lilley","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_006_seat_03","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 06 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_006_seat_03","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 06 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":"Janelle Lilley Cline is a District Court Judge candidate for Dist 006 Seat 03 in New Hanover and Pender Counties, running for election on November 3, 2026.","terms":[],"token":"a7c8c699a302dba3"}