Cullman District Judge Terri Willingham Thomas vowed to personally proofread all her campaign material Friday, after her opponent pointed out a political brochure mailed on her behalf and a posting on her Web site contained false information.

Thomas, a Republican, is set to face Birmingham attorney Jim McFerrin in the Nov. 7 general election for Place 3 on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.

In a press conference Thursday, McFerrin said Thomas’ campaign material listed her as a member of the Children’s First Board, which she resigned from more than a year ago.

A Democratic media advisory said she had repeatedly “mischaracterized and misled on issues of her past.”

Thomas responded Friday, saying the listing was merely an oversight. Her campaign consultant, Bill Goolsby, claimed responsibility for the mistake.

“After my term ended, I revised my campaign ledger, but my campaign consultant used my old information when he did the mailer,” Thomas said Friday.

While McFerrin said Thomas should send a letter of explanation to every voter who received the mailer, Thomas said she did not think it would impact her election bid.

“Everyone makes mistakes, and we make several every day,” she said, “and when I make mistakes, I learn from them. The difference between making a mistake over and over and making a mistake one time and never doing it again is learning a lesson.”

The latest press announcement marks the third time since August state Democrats have made charges against Thomas, claiming she misled voters.

In August, representatives from the state Democratic party asked her for a statement concerning her parents’ connection to the Ku Klux Klan and the Council of Conservative Citizens, which the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as a hate group.

According to The Montgomery Advertiser, Thomas’ parents were active in the KKK in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The article, which was published in August, cited court records showing her mother was arrested at a 1979 KKK march in Montgomery, and it stated her father received an award from the CCC in 1993.

On Friday, Thomas reaffirmed a previous statement that if her parent’s were involved in those groups, she was not aware of it.

“It was never in my home,” she said.

In September, The Advertiser reported it had obtained photographs of Thomas soliciting votes at a meeting of the CCC.

With the election a week away, Thomas said Friday the attacks had been painful for her and her family, but she does not plan retaliating.

“I gave my word to that man [McFerrin] that I would run a clean campaign, and I intend on keeping my word,” she said. “I can run on my own credentials. I can run on my own record. I don’t have to attack anyone.”

Thomas has served as a Cullman district judge since 1996. If elected to the civil appeals court, a replacement for her current position will be appointed by the governor.

“I have been a judge for almost 10 years, and I am proud of my record. It is a record that is founded in fairness. I dearly love my family; however, I am not my parents, my brothers and sisters or my grandparents. I treat every person that comes into my courtroom with the dignity and respect they deserve,” she said Friday.