Wayland Sermons
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2009 - Present
2026
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Wayland Sermons (Democratic Party) is a judge for Judicial District 2 of the North Carolina 1st Superior Court Division. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Sermons (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Judicial District 2 judge of the North Carolina 1st Superior Court Division. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Sermons was appointed to the court by Governor Bev Perdue in August 2009 to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William C. Griffin, Jr.[1][2]
The North Carolina Superior Courts are split into five divisions and 48 districts. Superior court judges rotate among the districts within their division every six months.[3] However, superior court judges are elected by voters in their district and must reside in the district in which they are elected.[4]
Education
Sermons received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law.[5]
Career
Before his appointment to the court, Sermons had practiced law in Beaufort County since 1980. He has also served as a town attorney for the towns of Bath and Chocowinity and was an approved Capital Defender by the Office of Indigent Defense Services since 2000.[2]
Elections
2018
See also: Municipal elections in Durham County, North Carolina (2018)
General election
General election for North Carolina 1st Superior Court Division District 2 Seat 1
Incumbent Wayland Sermons won election in the general election for North Carolina 1st Superior Court Division District 2 Seat 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wayland Sermons (D) | 100.0 | 25,895 | |
| Total votes: 25,895 | |||
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2010
Sermons was elected after running unopposed to the seat to which he was appointed.[6]
- See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2010
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Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Daily News "Filing period gets off to quick start," February 9, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WITN.com, "Perdue Appoints Sermons To Superior Court," August 13, 2009
- ↑ North Carolina Judicial Branch, "North Carolina Superior Court: About," accessed October 9, 2019
- ↑ North Carolina Judicial Branch, "Court Officials: Superior Court Judges," accessed October 9, 2019
- ↑ Martindale.com, Judge Profile: Wayland J. Sermons, Jr.
- ↑ North Carolina Secretary of State, Unofficial 2010 General Election Results
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
