Habekah Cannon

Cannon was the only district court judge to have a primary. Cannon’s top issues focus on fairness, impartiality, access to justice, efficiency in court proceedings and strengthening community trust in the legal system. On her campaign website, she states that her judicial philosophy is guided by fairness, integrity and respect for every person who enters the courtroom, emphasizing that barriers to justice should be removed so all individuals can navigate the legal system with dignity. Cannon was a former public defender and was asked to leave her job at the public defender's office following protests against police brutality in 2020 that led to her arrest.  She then launched what she called an “abolitionist” law firm and says she supports a society with no jails or prisons. “I do believe that we can envision a world where we don’t put people in cages and in prisons, and we don’t feel like that’s the way to reform people,” she told Queen City Nerve in 2020.