Three justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and five judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 3, 2020, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were conducted on a partisan basis.
Incumbent Court of Appeals Judges Linda McGee and Wanda Bryant (both Democrats) did not reopen their campaign accounts with the State Board of Elections, indicating they would not run for re-election,[1] and they did not file for re-election by the time filing closed on Dec. 20, 2019.[2]
Only one candidate from each party filed for each seat, meaning that no party primary elections would be necessary.
In the general election, Republican candidates won all of the races.[3] The results of the Chief Justice race were only confirmed after a lengthy recount process, because of the narrow margin.[4][5]
Chief Justice Mark Martin, a Republican, announced his resignation in 2019, triggering an election for his seat in 2020. Governor Roy Cooper appointed Associate Justice Cheri Beasley, a Democrat, to become Chief Justice through 2020.[6]
Beasley requested a recount on Nov. 17, 2020.[10] After the recount found the margin between the candidates to be 401 votes, Beasley called for a second recount in a sampling of precincts statewide, as allowed by law.[11] Beasley then conceded the election to Newby on Dec. 12.[12]
Seat 2 (Newby seat)edit
The seat then held by Associate Justice Paul Martin Newby was up for election in 2020. Newby announced that he would run for Chief Justice instead, leaving his Associate Justice seat open.[8]
Candidatesedit
Declarededit
Phil Berger Jr. (Republican), incumbent judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals[13]
Lucy Inman (Democratic), incumbent judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals[14]
Beasley's elevation to the position of Chief Justice made her Associate Justice seat vacant, which also triggered a 2020 election. Governor Cooper appointed Court of Appeals Judge Mark A. Davis to fill the vacancy as an associate justice.[15]
Judge Christopher Brook, a Democrat, was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy, through the end of 2020, and was eligible to run for a full term.
^ABC11/WTVD: Paul Newby wins North Carolina Supreme Court race as incumbent Cheri Beasley concedes
^Doran, Will (January 28, 2019). "Phil Berger Jr., son of powerful Republican lawmaker, wants seat on NC Supreme Court". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^Doran, Will (January 30, 2019). "Democratic judge Lucy Inman announces 2020 campaign for NC Supreme Court seat". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^"Gov. Cooper Names Supreme Court Associate Justice". North Carolina Governor. March 11, 2019.
^Doran, Will (February 5, 2019). "Former state senator Tamara Barringer of Cary to seek NC Supreme Court seat". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^"Cooper elevates Court of Appeals judge to Supreme Court". WCTI 12. Associated Press. March 11, 2019.
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Three justices of the seven member North Carolina Supreme Court and five judges of the 15 member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 3 2020 concurrently with other state elections Terms for seats on each court are eight years These elections were conducted on a partisan basis Incumbent Court of Appeals Judges Linda McGee and Wanda Bryant both Democrats did not reopen their campaign accounts with the State Board of Elections indicating they would not run for re election 1 and they did not file for re election by the time filing closed on Dec 20 2019 2 Only one candidate from each party filed for each seat meaning that no party primary elections would be necessary In the general election Republican candidates won all of the races 3 The results of the Chief Justice race were only confirmed after a lengthy recount process because of the narrow margin 4 5 Contents 1 Supreme Court 1 1 Chief Justice Beasley seat 1 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 1 Declared 1 1 2 Polling 1 1 3 Results 1 2 Seat 2 Newby seat 1 2 1 Candidates 1 2 1 1 Declared 1 2 2 Polling 1 2 3 Results 1 3 Seat 4 Davis seat 1 3 1 Candidates 1 3 1 1 Declared 1 3 2 Polling 1 3 3 Results 2 Court of Appeals 2 1 Seat 4 2 1 1 Candidates 2 1 2 Results 2 2 Seat 5 2 2 1 Candidates 2 2 2 Results 2 3 Seat 6 2 3 1 Candidates 2 3 2 Results 2 4 Seat 7 2 4 1 Candidates 2 4 2 Results 2 5 Seat 13 2 5 1 Candidates 2 5 2 Results 3 Notes 4 ReferencesSupreme Court editChief Justice Beasley seat edit Chief Justice Mark Martin a Republican announced his resignation in 2019 triggering an election for his seat in 2020 Governor Roy Cooper appointed Associate Justice Cheri Beasley a Democrat to become Chief Justice through 2020 6 Candidates edit Declared edit Cheri Beasley Democratic incumbent Chief Justice 7 Paul Martin Newby Republican incumbent Associate Justice 8 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize a Marginof error CheriBeasley D PaulNewby R Undecided Cardinal Point Analytics R October 27 28 2020 750 LV 3 6 45 44 11 Meeting Street Insights R Archived 2020 10 31 at the Wayback Machine October 24 27 2020 600 LV 4 49 44 4 Harper Polling Civitas R October 22 25 2020 504 LV 4 4 49 40 11 Harper Polling Civitas R September 17 20 2020 612 LV 3 96 44 38 18 Hypothetical polling with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican Poll source Date s administered Samplesize a Marginof error GenericDemocrat GenericRepublican Other Undecided Harper Polling Civitas R September 17 20 2020 612 LV 3 96 43 43 14 b Harper Polling Civitas R August 6 10 2020 600 LV 4 38 40 22 23 c Harper Polling Civitas R Archived 2020 04 23 at the Wayback Machine April 5 7 2020 500 LV 4 4 39 36 25 d Harper Polling Civitas R Archived 2020 04 23 at the Wayback Machine 1 Released March 17 2019 e 36 34 30 f Results edit nbsp Results by county Beasley 80 90 Beasley 70 80 Beasley 60 70 Beasley 50 60 Newby 70 80 Newby 60 70 Newby 50 60 North Carolina State Supreme Court Chief Justice seat election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Paul Martin Newby 2 695 951 50 004 Democratic Cheri Beasley incumbent 2 695 550 49 996 Total votes 5 391 501 100 0 Republican gain from Democratic Beasley requested a recount on Nov 17 2020 10 After the recount found the margin between the candidates to be 401 votes Beasley called for a second recount in a sampling of precincts statewide as allowed by law 11 Beasley then conceded the election to Newby on Dec 12 12 Seat 2 Newby seat edit The seat then held by Associate Justice Paul Martin Newby was up for election in 2020 Newby announced that he would run for Chief Justice instead leaving his Associate Justice seat open 8 Candidates edit Declared edit Phil Berger Jr Republican incumbent judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals 13 Lucy Inman Democratic incumbent judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals 14 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize a Marginof error PhilBerger Jr R LucyInman D Undecided Meeting Street Insights R Archived 2020 10 31 at the Wayback Machine October 24 27 2020 600 LV 4 43 47 7 Results edit North Carolina State Supreme Court Seat 2 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Phil Berger Jr 2 723 704 50 67 Democratic Lucy Inman 2 652 187 49 33 Total votes 5 375 891 100 0 Republican hold Seat 4 Davis seat edit Beasley s elevation to the position of Chief Justice made her Associate Justice seat vacant which also triggered a 2020 election Governor Cooper appointed Court of Appeals Judge Mark A Davis to fill the vacancy as an associate justice 15 Candidates edit Declared edit Tamara P Barringer Republican former state senator 2012 2019 16 Mark A Davis Democratic incumbent Associate Justice 17 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize a Marginof error Mark A Davis D Tamara P Barringer R Undecided Meeting Street Insights R Archived 2020 10 31 at the Wayback Machine October 24 27 2020 600 LV 4 50 42 6 Results edit North Carolina State Supreme Court Seat 4 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Tamara P Barringer 2 746 362 51 21 Democratic Mark A Davis incumbent 2 616 265 48 79 Total votes 5 362 627 100 0 Republican gain from DemocraticCourt of Appeals editSeat 4 edit Candidates edit Declared Tricia Shields Democrat attorney and Campbell University Law School instructor 1 April C Wood Republican North Carolina District Court Judge 1 Results edit North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 4 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican April C Wood 2 767 469 51 78 Democratic Tricia Shields 2 577 013 48 22 Total votes 5 344 482 100 00 Seat 5 edit Candidates edit Declared Lora Christine Cubbage Democrat North Carolina Superior Court Judge 1 Fred Gore Republican North Carolina District Court Judge 1 Results edit North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 5 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Fred Gore 2 735 952 51 27 Democratic Lora Christine Cubbage 2 600 632 48 73 Total votes 5 336 584 100 00 Seat 6 edit Candidates edit Declared Chris Dillon Republican incumbent Court of Appeals Judge Gray Styers Democrat attorney 1 Results edit North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 6 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Chris Dillon incumbent 2 769 020 51 95 Democratic Gray Styers 2 561 090 48 05 Total votes 5 330 110 100 00 Seat 7 edit Judge Reuben Young a Democrat was appointed by Gov Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy through the end of 2020 and was eligible to run for a full term Candidates edit Declared Jeff Carpenter Republican North Carolina Superior Court Judge 1 Reuben Young Democrat incumbent Court of Appeals Judge 2 Results edit North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 7 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jeff Carpenter 2 747 109 51 59 Democratic Reuben Young incumbent 2 578 035 48 41 Total votes 5 325 144 100 00 Seat 13 edit Judge Christopher Brook a Democrat was appointed by Gov Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy through the end of 2020 and was eligible to run for a full term Candidates edit Declared Christopher Brook Democrat incumbent Court of Appeals Judge 2 Jefferson G Griffin Republican North Carolina District Court Judge 2 Results edit North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 13 election 2020 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jefferson G Griffin 2 720 503 51 16 Democratic Christopher Brook incumbent 2 597 573 48 84 Total votes 5 318 076 100 00 Notes edit a b c d Key A all adultsRV registered votersLV likely votersV unclear Neither with 1 Other with 0 Undecided with 13 Undecided with 21 Neither with 1 Other Party with lt 1 Undecided with 20 Neither other independent with 5 Not yet released Undecided with 20 Neither other independent with 10 References edit a b c d e f g News amp Observer a b c d State Board of Elections State candidate list by county NC SBE Contest Results er ncsbe gov Retrieved November 13 2020 163 182 7 Ordering recounts www ncleg gov Archived from the original on November 13 2020 Retrieved November 13 2020 Battaglia Danielle November 13 2020 NC chief justice candidates swap leads back and forth as vote counting continues The News amp Observer Retrieved November 13 2020 Cheri Beasley Announced as First Black Female Chief Justice in NC History Spectrum News February 12 2019 Bonner Lynn Thompson Elizabeth March 10 2019 Who s running in North Carolina s 2020 statewide races The News amp Observer a b Newby to seek Chief Justice seat in 2020 North State Journal January 25 2019 a b c d e f g h NC SBE Contest Results er ncsbe gov ABC 11 WTVD Cheri Beasley on Twitter ABC11 WTVD Paul Newby wins North Carolina Supreme Court race as incumbent Cheri Beasley concedes Doran Will January 28 2019 Phil Berger Jr son of powerful Republican lawmaker wants seat on NC Supreme Court The News amp Observer Retrieved September 16 2019 Doran Will January 30 2019 Democratic judge Lucy Inman announces 2020 campaign for NC Supreme Court seat The News amp Observer Retrieved September 16 2019 Gov Cooper Names Supreme Court Associate Justice North Carolina Governor March 11 2019 Doran Will February 5 2019 Former state senator Tamara Barringer of Cary to seek NC Supreme Court seat The News amp Observer Retrieved September 16 2019 Cooper elevates Court of Appeals judge to Supreme Court WCTI 12 Associated Press March 11 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 North Carolina judicial elections amp oldid 1174350041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
