Source: Laura Leslie, WRAL, 10/4/17

State House and Senate leaders have agreed on a provision that cancels the 2018 primary elections for all judicial races and district attorneys. The provision was tacked onto the conference report for Senate Bill 656, titled the "Electoral Freedom Act." 
Most of the bill deals with easing ballot access requirements for third parties as well as for unaffiliated candidates.

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