A complaint was sent Wednesday to the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission saying that N.C. Appeals Court Judge Doug McCullough violated ethics rules during a speech in Haywood County last month, Titan Barksdale reports.

Connie Mack Berry Jr., husband of Rachel Lea Hunter, said he mailed the complaint to the commission. Hunter—an often controversial Raleigh lawyer—is planning to run against McCullough for his seat, Titan Barksdale reports.

McCullough, a Republican, gave partisan comments to Haywood County voters though judicial elections are non-partisan. He also suggested that politics can effect the rulings on cases.

Berry charges that McCullough violated ethical rules that say a judge should uphold the judiciary's integrity and remain unswayed by partisan interests.

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