North Carolina › Onslow County › NC Superior Court Judge, District 5 Seat 1 (Duplin-Jones-Sampson Seat)
One candidate is tracked for NC Superior Court Judge, District 5 Seat 1 (Duplin-Jones-Sampson Seat) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Robert H. Gilmore. Candidate information follows official Onslow County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
This is an open seat: Judge Henry Stevens IV did not seek reelection. Robert H. Gilmore, currently a District Court judge in the same district, filed and no other candidate filed, so he is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv (listed under Duplin, Jones, Onslow and Sampson) and the Sampson Independent.
Republican
Robert H. Gilmore currently serves as a District Court judge for Judicial District 5, which covers Duplin, Jones, Onslow and Sampson counties, per the Sampson Independent. He is running for the open Superior Court seat after Judge Henry Stevens IV chose not to seek reelection. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Robert H. Gilmore.