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2 candidates are tracked for NC District Court Judge, District 3, Seat 01 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Daniel Hines Entzminger and Watsi M. Sutton. Candidate information follows official Pitt County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
The only contested judicial race on Pitt County's 2026 ballot. Judge Daniel Hines Entzminger, on the bench since his 2018 election, faces Democratic challenger Watsi M. Sutton, an attorney and nonprofit executive, per the Reflector. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Republican
Daniel Hines Entzminger is a Winterville Republican who has served on the Pitt County District Court bench since his 2018 election, per the Reflector. He holds a law degree from Campbell University. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Daniel Hines Entzminger.
Democratic
Watsi M. Sutton is a Greenville Democrat and the executive director of Koinonia Community Solutions in Winterville, per the Reflector. She has more than 25 years of legal experience as a private attorney, prosecutor and Legal Aid attorney, and holds a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Watsi M. Sutton.