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Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten

Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten

Democratic · North Carolina · 2026

On the November 3 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 21, North Carolina

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North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 21
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Biography

Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten is a District Court Judge for District 26, Seat 21, in Mecklenburg County, appointed in 2022 by Governor Roy Cooper to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell, per rrspin.com. She was previously the managing attorney at The Patterson Law Office and earlier an adjunct instructor at Johnson C. Smith University's Metropolitan College and an associate at K&L Gates, and she received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, per the same source.

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North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 21North Carolina · 2026Mecklenburg County sample ballot

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