The N.C. Judicial Standards Commission will not punish N.C. Appeals Court Judge Doug McCullough for his partisan comments during a speech in Haywood County.

Paul Ross, executive director of the commission, said in a letter that the commission has made “an effort to ensure such conduct is not repeated” by McCullough, a Republican who is seeking reelection, Titan Barksdale reports.

In his speech last month, McCullough, a Republican, implied that party politics and a party’s agenda can influence how an appellate judge decides a case. The commission was responding to a complaint filed by the husband of Rachel Lea Hunter, a lawyer planning to run against McCullough.

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A previous version of this post gave an incorrect title for Paul Ross. The post has been corrected.

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