What’s Happening: District Court Judicial Elections

The election is upon us and 12 of the 14 Guilford County District Court Judge seats are up for election this year.  As you may know, the judicial races are now partisan which requires candidates to state their party affiliation on the ballot.  The upcoming primary election will determine each of the District Court judicial contested races since all of the candidates are registered with the Democratic Party.

The following District Court judicial seats are contested:

TOMLIN SEAT: Brian Tomlin; Moshera Mills

FOSTER SEAT: Angela Foster; Michele Lee

CUMMINGS SEAT*: Kelvin Smith; Gavin Reardon

BURCH SEAT**: Tomakio Gause; Caroline Pemberton

The following District Court judicial seats are uncontested in the upcoming November 2020 election:

VINCENT SEAT: Teresa Vincent

CUTCHIN SEAT: Tonia Cutchin

DAVIS SEAT: Bill Davis

FLETCHER SEAT: Michelle Fletcher

FOX SEAT: Angie Fox

HOLLIDAY SEAT: Tabitha Holliday

SHIELDS SEAT: Marcus Shields

BROWN SEAT***: Ashley Watlington-Simms

Deadlines regarding voting in the primary election are as follows:

February 7, 2020: Voter Registration Deadline

February 13-29, 2020: Early Voting

February 25, 2020: Deadline to request Absentee Ballot

March 3, 2020: Primary Election

March 3, 2020: Deadline to return Absentee Ballot

*In Person:  it must be returned to the Guilford County
Board of Elections by 5:00 pm on March 3, 2020;

*By Mail:  it must be postmarked by March 3, 2020 and
received by the Guilford County Board of Elections by
5:00 pm on March 6, 2020.

Lastly, congratulations to the Honorable Marc Tyrey for his appointment to the District Court bench by Governor Cooper on December 11, 2019.  Judge Tyrey was appointed to fill the remaining term held by the Honorable Tom Jarrell.

Judge Michelle Fletcher
Judicial Liaison

 

 

*Mark Cummings resigned from the bench on December 20, 2019 and returned to private practice.  Since this seat is now vacant, a Bar vote is required in order to submit nominations to Governor Cooper to fill the seat until the election.  The Bar vote will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 3:30 pm in the Old Greensboro Courthouse.

**Susan Burch will retire at the conclusion of her term on December 31, 2020.

***Betty Brown will retire at the conclusion of her term on December 31, 2020.