What do you want people to know about you as they consider whom to vote for in this race?

I am a combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient with over 20 years of post-9/11 military service and a career prosecutor with over 14 years of trial experience. I will fight for justice and against injustice in our courtrooms as I have on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Meet the candidates for N.C. District Court judge District 12, Seat 6

Rosalyn Hood is a career prosecutor and a combat veteran. She has more than 20 years of post-9/11 military service and received a Bronze Star.

Rosalyn is a career prosecutor and a combat veteran. She has more than 20 years of post-9/11 military service and received a Bronze Star.

NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 12 SEAT 06 Rosalyn Hood DEM 45,701 15,751 27,291 2,552 107
Jonathan C. Strange REP 36,925 18,929 17,121 799 76
NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 12 SEAT 07 Caitlin Evans DEM 54,352 20,442 31,023 2,765 122

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Rosalyn was elected as a North Carolina District Court judge for District 12, Seat 6.

Rosalyn Hood was elected as a North Carolina District Court judge for District 12, Seat 6.

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Has worked as a career prosecutor with more than 14 years of trial experience.

- Has worked as a career prosecutor with more than 14 years of trial experience.

Legal Experience

Bail reform has been pursued or enacted in some communities due to the disproportionate impact that cash bail has on lower-income and minority defendants. What do you think of bail reform? Cash bail reform is needed to ensure that a defendant's rights to be presumed innocent are preserved and to protect victims of violent crimes. Specifically, limiting the use of cash bail practices to serious offenses involving personal harm and entirely otherwise, requiring a mandatory review of the continued need for a secured bond within ten days from the initial bond being set and every thirty days thereafter for which the burden is on the prosecutor to prove that the defendant is a continued threat to the victim or danger to society. Additionally, similar to the sentencing grid, there should be a minimum and maximum bond amount that may be ordered determined by the offense charged and the defendant's income to ensure a more equitable application of the practice.

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What are the biggest problems facing the District Court, and how would you fix them? District Courts facing cases involving persons with mental illnesses put a significant burden on the entire system from police and other members of the justice system who have become frontline responders to the growing mental health crisis. The first appearance in court is an opportunity to route a person with recognized mental health needs away from the traditional court process. My goal is to advocate for established practices that are more effective, fair, and timely in cases that involve people with mental health concerns, and I would fully support community-based diversion programs for mentally ill individuals while yet holding them accountable for their actions.

Advocates limiting cash bail to serious offenses and reviewing secured bonds within ten days, then every 30 days.

Supports community-based diversion programs for people with mental illnesses while holding participants accountable for their actions.

- Advocates limiting cash bail to serious offenses and reviewing secured bonds within ten days, then every 30 days.
- Supports community-based diversion programs for people with mental illnesses while holding participants accountable for their actions.

Judicial Administration

Over our state’s history, judicial races have at times been partisan, where judges run under a party affiliation, and at other times, nonpartisan. Currently, the races are partisan. Which way do you believe is best and better serves the people? I believe nonpartisan races are the only appropriate way to elect judges.

What do you want people who appear before you in court to take away from that experience?

I want them to say, “I was treated with the utmost respect and held accountable.” Win or lose, they were truly heard.

Believes nonpartisan elections are the only appropriate way to elect judges.

Wants court participants to be treated respectfully, held accountable, and heard regardless of the outcome.

- Believes nonpartisan elections are the only appropriate way to elect judges.
- Wants court participants to be treated respectfully, held accountable, and heard regardless of the outcome.

Judicial Philosophy

As of January 5, 2026, Rosalyn Hood did not have a website or any information online.

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Rosalyn Hood

As of January 5, 2026, Rosalyn Hood’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Hood graduated from the North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2007, she said, then had a year of military service. In 2008, she became a prosecutor for the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office. Now she is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, with active duty service in Iraq and Afghanistan. She has four children, ages 2 to 26.

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What do you want people to know about you as they consider whom to vote for in this race?
I am a combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient with over 20 years of post-9/11 military service and a career prosecutor with over 14 years of trial experience. I will fight for justice and against injustice in our courtrooms as I have on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 12 SEAT 05 Cheri Siler-Mack DEM 54,062 20,289 30,904 2,745 124
NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 12 SEAT 06 Rosalyn Hood DEM 45,701 15,751 27,291 2,552 107
Jonathan C. Strange REP 36,925 18,929 17,121 799 76
NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 12 SEAT 07 Caitlin Evans DEM 54,352 20,442 31,023 2,765 122

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Advocates for limiting cash bail to serious offenses involving personal harm and regularly reviewing secured bonds, with prosecutors required to show continued danger.

- Advocates for limiting cash bail to serious offenses involving personal harm and regularly reviewing secured bonds, with prosecutors required to show continued danger.
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What do you want people who appear before you in court to take away from that experience?
I want them to say, “I was treated with the utmost respect and held accountable.” Win or lose, they were truly heard.

Rosalyn is a career prosecutor with over 14 years of trial experience. She previously served as a combat veteran in the U.S. Army for over 20 years, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is a Bronze Star recipient.

Rosalyn is currently a district court judge for North Carolina's District 14. She was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2022. She previously served as a Cumberland County district court judge.

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Has 14 years of trial experience as a prosecutor.

Supports community-based diversion programs for mentally ill individuals while holding them accountable.

Said, "I believe nonpartisan races are the only appropriate way to elect judges."

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- District Court judges hear civil, criminal, and juvenile cases. Civil cases dealing with divorce, child custody, and child support are heard in District Court. 
- Under the District Court, the magistrate can try small claims cases ($10,000 or less), landlord eviction cases, and suits for recovery of personal property. A magistrate is an independent judicial officer, recognized by the North Carolina Constitution as an officer of the district court. 
- District Court Judges are elected for a four-year term. Elections are partisan. 

Judge who handles majority of trial level cases.