Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 76%
- Score coverage
- 20%
- Recommendation
- No endorsement
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-24
Official ballot record · Published research
John S. Arrowood
Democratic candidate for NC COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE SEAT 01.
Judge John Arrowood is an incumbent Court of Appeals judge. His campaign reports service on the court since 2017 and a prior term in 2007–2008.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $533,600.84 in election-cycle receipts, $116,423.79 in expenditures, and $417,177.05 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$461,270.51 · 86.4%
Unitemized individual contributions$26,615.77 · 5.0%
Party committees$38,214.56 · 7.2%
Other political committees$7,500 · 1.4%
No named source in the processed filing crossed the project's material-concern threshold.
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Personal donations are not attributed to a donor's employer. Independent expenditures are reported separately from money received by the campaign.
Evidence-gated scorecard
How this candidate measures up
Worker-policy alignment
No sufficiently specific, validated worker-policy position is published.
Evidence confidence: 0%Record reliability
A complete promise-versus-record comparison has not passed validation.
Evidence confidence: 0%Funding independence
Official filings show party and other political-committee receipts equal to approximately 8.6% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
No sufficiently specific, validated democracy or judicial-rights position is published.
Evidence confidence: 0%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 3 source-linked evidence items and labels candidate statements separately from official records.
Evidence confidence: 76%insufficient evidence
Promises: Published candidate commitments are shown as statements.
Record: A complete office-appropriate comparison of official actions is not yet published.
The missing comparison is a risk and prevents unsupported conclusions.
0/10 answered
Questionnaire participation is not treated as positive or negative evidence during the launch period.
Developing campaign
Reported receipts exceed $100,000. Organization and competitiveness still require separate evidence.
Risks and uncertainty
What remains uncertain
Governing record not fully compared
An official governing or judicial record exists, but a complete issue-by-issue comparison is not yet available. This blocks endorsement unless other validated evidence is unusually strong.
Evidence record
What the sources establish
Campaign biography
Experience
The campaign reports that Arrowood has served on the Court of Appeals since 2017 and previously served during 2007–2008.
“currently serves as a Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals (2017-present) ... after previously serving in 2007-2008”
Campaign-reported record
Record
The campaign reports that Arrowood has heard 2,000 cases and written more than 600 opinions.
“2000 Cases Heard ... 600+ Opinions”
Official NCSBE filing
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $533,600.84 in election-cycle receipts, including $38,214.56 from party committees and $7,500 from other political committees, through June 30, 2026.
“Total Receipts $533,600.84; Total Expenditures $116,423.79; Cash on Hand $417,177.05.”