Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

Toby Hampson has served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals since January 2019, when he took office after winning a three-way 2018 election³². He was an appellate and civil litigation attorney at Raleigh law firms from 2004 to 2018, a Court of Appeals law clerk before that, and is certified by the State Bar as an appellate practice specialist²⁴. He faces Republican Superior Court Judge George Bell on November 3, 2026 in this partisan race¹³.

• Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, since January 2019³²
• Appellate and civil litigation attorney at Wyrick, Robbins, Yates and Ponton and at Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Bryson and Anderson, 2004 to 2018; law clerk, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2002 to 2004; State Bar certified appellate practice specialist²⁴
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 1994; B.A. in international studies and history, American University, 1998; J.D., Campbell University School of Law, 2002, where he was on the Law Review³⁴
• Elected on November 6, 2018, defeating Jefferson Griffin and Sandra Ray with 48.8 percent of the vote, and took office in January 2019 for an eight-year term³. The 2026 Democratic primary was canceled; he is seeking a second term³¹.