Superior Court Judge, Judicial District 26F (Mecklenburg County)

Karen Eady-Williams has been a Mecklenburg County Superior Court judge since Governor Roy Cooper appointed her in December 2017, after seven years as a district court judge². She earlier worked as an assistant public defender, an assistant U.S. attorney and a bank assistant general counsel². She is unopposed on the November 2026 ballot in this partisan race¹.

• Superior Court Judge, Mecklenburg County, since December 2017 (seat now numbered 26F after the 2018 redistricting of judicial districts)²
• District Court Judge, 26th Judicial District, 2010 to 2017²
• Assistant public defender, 26th Judicial District; assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of North Carolina; vice president and assistant general counsel, Wachovia Corp.²
• B.A., The College of William and Mary, 1989; J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1992²
• Appointed to the district court by Governor Bev Perdue in February 2010, then reelected without opposition in 2012 and 2016². Appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Roy Cooper on December 22, 2017, and elected to the seat without opposition in November 2018². Both 2026 primaries were canceled and she is unopposed in November²¹.