District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 19 (Mecklenburg County)

Samantha Mobley has been a Mecklenburg County district court judge since January 2023 after nine years as a Mecklenburg County magistrate²⁴. Before her court career she worked seven years at Bank of America and three years at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation³. She is unopposed on the November 2026 ballot in this partisan race¹.

• District Court Judge, 26th Judicial District, since January 1, 2023; has handled child support, misdemeanors, divorces, domestic violence matters, DWIs, felony probable cause hearings, first appearances, involuntary commitments, landlord-tenant appeals and protective orders²³
• Magistrate, Mecklenburg County, for nine years, first at the county jail hearing criminal proceedings, involuntary commitments and domestic violence protective order requests, then at the courthouse handling small claims and evictions⁴³
• Earlier worked seven years at Bank of America and three years at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation³
• Won the May 17, 2022 Democratic primary over Belal Elrahal, was elected without opposition on November 8, 2022, and was sworn in January 1, 2023²⁴. Both 2026 primaries were canceled and she is unopposed in November²¹.