North Carolina › Cumberland County › NC Superior Court Judge District 14A Seat 01
2 candidates are tracked for NC Superior Court Judge District 14A Seat 01 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Stephen Craig Stokes and Rob Hasty. Candidate information follows official Cumberland County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Covers Cumberland County (NC Judicial Branch, Superior Court District 14). Democrat Stephen Craig Stokes, appointed by Governor Stein in December 2025 to fill the seat vacated by Judge Claire Hill's retirement, faces Republican Rob Hasty in November.
Stokes was appointed by Governor Stein in December 2025 to the Cumberland County Superior Court, filling the vacancy left by Judge Claire Hill's retirement, per the NC Judicial Branch. He previously served 10 years as a Cumberland County District Court judge and has also worked as a deputy sheriff, military police officer, Army paratrooper and Ranger, prosecutor and defense lawyer. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Stephen Craig Stokes.
Hasty has practiced law for more than 25 years, first as a litigator at a Fayetteville firm and, since 2012, as an Assistant County Attorney for Cumberland County handling in-house litigation and quasi-judicial hearings, per his campaign site.
Campaign site →
