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GREENSBORO — The race for a Guilford County Superior Court judge’s seat is back on, a little more than a week before Election Day.

High Point attorney Joseph Floyd II, 43, started campaigning again Saturday against Judge Lindsay Davis Jr.

Floyd had pulled out of the race in August after being accused of breaking and entering and making harassing phone calls to Ashley Cannon, a Charlotte-area woman he once dated. A Mecklenburg County District Court issued a domestic violence protective order at that time.

Last Wednesday, Judge Christy Mann dis- missed that order, saying it “had no merit” and that, “Plaintiff has failed to prove grounds for issuance of a domestic violence protective order.” The Mecklenburg County ruling came after four days of testimony spread out over the past two months, Floyd said.

Floyd said the breaking and entering charge has been dismissed and the harassment charge r e m a i n s pending. The News & Record could not verify the status of those cases Monday.

Floyd declined to comment on an arrest earlier this month for allegedly violating the protective order and what that means since the protective order has now been dismissed.

“Although this has been a very trying time for me and my family, I strongly believe this unfortunate personal experience will make me an even better judge,” Floyd said Monday in a written statement.

Cannon could not be reached for comment.

Floyd has been a trial attorney practicing in Guilford, Davidson and Randolph counties for more than 16 years.

“I have faith in a fair and impartial judiciary, and that the law should be applied in a fair and impartial manner,” he wrote.

He added he is “going to work very hard to win the Superior Court judicial seat.”

Floyd’s name was never removed from the ballot because he did not withdraw in time, said George Gilbert, Guilford County director of elections.

Floyd said in a phone interview that he met with his campaign advisers Thursday. He resumed campaigning Saturday by putting out signs and greeting voters at Brown Recreation Center, an early voting site. Davis was there but they did not speak, Floyd said.

Davis, 64, has been a Superior Court judge since being appointed in 2001. He was elected to an eight-year term in 2002.

Floyd’s Facebook campaign page remains active, but there has been no activity since May. He took down his website after pulling out of the race and didn’t know Monday if he’d be able to get it up again before the Nov. 2 general election.

The race between Floyd and Davis is the only contested judicial election in Guilford County.

Contact Jennifer Fernandez at 373-7064 or jennifer.fernandez@news-record.com