Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

John Arrowood has served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals since Governor Roy Cooper appointed him in April 2017, and he won a full eight-year term in November 2018⁴³. He also sat on the court from 2007 to 2008 after an appointment by Governor Mike Easley, was briefly a special superior court judge, and spent more than 25 years in private practice in Charlotte⁴². He faces Republican Michael Byrne on November 3, 2026 in this partisan race¹³.

• Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, April 2017 to present, and August 2007 to December 2008⁴³
• Special superior court judge, March to August 2007; private practice in Charlotte for more than 25 years, including at James, McElroy and Diehl from 2010 to 2017; earlier law clerk, staff attorney and staff director at the Court of Appeals⁴³²
• Member of the North Carolina Banking Commission and the North Carolina Railroad board, according to his candidate statement²
• B.A. magna cum laude, Catawba College, 1979; J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1982; admitted to the bar in 1982⁴²
• First appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Mike Easley in August 2007 to replace Judge Eric Levinson; lost the 2008 election for a full term to Robert N. Hunter Jr., 53.7 percent to 46.3 percent⁴. Appointed again by Governor Roy Cooper in April 2017 to replace Judge Douglas McCullough, and elected to a full term on November 6, 2018 over Andrew Heath, 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent⁴³. The 2026 Democratic primary was canceled; he is seeking a second full term³¹.