Suzanne Reynolds is working the crowd at the Young Democrats convention.
As a candidate for the nonpartisan state Supreme Court, Reynolds said there was nothing wrong with campaigning at a clearly partisan event.
"It's where excited voters are," she said.
Reynolds compared her Democratic voter registration to her specialty of law, saying both are facts about her that curious voters might want to know.
"I think it's relevant that I'm a registered Democrat," she said. "Where candidates cross the line is when they characterize themselves as Democratic or Republican judges."
Reynolds' opponent, Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds, has stressed his Republican ties at recent GOP events.
A law professor at Wake Forest University, Reynolds has been on the short list for judicial appointments before, but she said she never wanted to run until the position was made nonpartisan and the state created public financing for judicial candidates.
"I didn't have the stomach for that," she said.
N.C. Court of Appeals candidates Kristin Ruth and Linda Stephens are also at the event.
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