J. Rex Marvel

This page was last updated during the official's most recent election or appointment. Please contact us with any updates.

J. Rex Marvel

Democratic Party

North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

September 26, 2019

Personal

Religion

Methodist

J. Rex Marvel (Democratic Party) is a judge of the North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9. He assumed office on November 8, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Marvel (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2024)

General election

General election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9

Incumbent J. Rex Marvel won election in the general election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J. Rex Marvel (D)	100.0	450,065

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 450,065
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent J. Rex Marvel advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marvel in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020)

General election

General election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9

Incumbent J. Rex Marvel defeated Sunny Panyanouvong-Rubeck in the general election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J. Rex Marvel (D)	64.6	349,565
	Submit photo	Sunny Panyanouvong-Rubeck (R)	35.4	191,682

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 541,247
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent J. Rex Marvel advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Sunny Panyanouvong-Rubeck advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 9.

Endorsements

To view Marvel's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

J. Rex Marvel did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

J. Rex Marvel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marvel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Judge Rex Marvel is a District Court Judge working in Family and Domestic Courts in Mecklenburg County. Judge Marvel was appointed to the bench by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper after being nominated by the Mecklenburg County lawyers. Prior to the appointment Judge Marvel worked as an Assistant Public Defender and an Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing.

With addition to these roles Judge Marvel sit on the Board of Directors of the Mecklenburg County Bar and the Center for Children not-for-profit. Judge Marvel is heavily involved in the community as a volunteer at area homeless shelters and regularly volunteering with youth.

Judge Rex Marvel is a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist; a distinction held by only a handful of attorneys in Mecklenburg County.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Equal Access to Justice
• Judge, Community Advocate, Husband and Father
• Helping our courts work better for families and children.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Judge Marvel strives to improve equal access to justice and works to make sure courts do a better job working for children and families.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was washing dishes for a small restaurant in High School.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

North Carolina courts

---

Federal courts:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina

State courts:

Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts

State resources:

Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina