Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 76%
- Score coverage
- 35%
- Recommendation
- No endorsement
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-24
Official ballot record · Published research
Tobias (Toby) Hampson
Democratic candidate for NC COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE SEAT 02.
Judge Toby Hampson is an incumbent Court of Appeals judge and a North Carolina Bar-certified specialist in appellate practice.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $540,624.43 in election-cycle receipts, $212,818.56 in expenditures, and $327,805.87 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$454,530.83 · 84.1%
Unitemized individual contributions$22,642.68 · 4.2%
Party committees$61,500.92 · 11.4%
Other political committees$1,450 · 0.3%
Loans and other receipts$500 · 0.1%
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 11.6% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
Hampson says courts should protect constitutional freedoms while remaining fair and impartial. Rubric: Explicitly commits to protecting constitutional freedoms through fair and impartial courts.
Evidence confidence: 70%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 more than seven years on the Court of Appeals and 16 years practicing before the court.
“7+ years as a Court of Appeals Judge ... 16 years of experience as a lawyer in the Court of Appeals”
Stated position
Judicial philosophy
Hampson says courts should protect constitutional freedoms while remaining fair and impartial.
“protect our rights while remaining fair and impartial”
Official NCSBE filing
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $540,624.43 in election-cycle receipts, including $61,500.92 from party committees and $1,450 from other political committees, through June 30, 2026.
“Total Receipts $540,624.43; Total Expenditures $212,818.56; Cash on Hand $327,805.87.”