North Carolina

2026 North Carolina General Election

Caitlin Evans

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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.

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District Court Judge

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Caitlin is from Fayetteville, North Carolina. She attended Terry Sanford High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a focus in rhetoric from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a law degree from New England Law Boston. She lives with her husband, Hunter, and one child.

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Caitlin is a District Court Judge. She previously worked at the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor for four and a half years and at a private law firm as a traffic and criminal defense attorney for five and a half years.

As a District Court Judge, Evans has 15 years of experience working in the local District Attorney’s Office and running her own law practice.

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

Serves as President of the Board for Better Health and on the Boards of the Child Advocacy Center and the David McCune International Art Gallery at Methodist University.