2022 North Carolina judicial elections
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Two justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8, 2022, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were conducted on a partisan basis.
Primary elections were originally set to be held on March 8, 2022, but were delayed by order of the state Supreme Court, and then rescheduled for May 17, 2022.[1] Candidate filing began on December 6, 2021, but was suspended by the court's order.[2] Filing later resumed, and ended on March 4, 2022.
Republicans won both seats on the Supreme Court flipping them from Democratic control and giving themselves a 5–2 majority. They also won all four races for the Court of Appeals flipping two from Democratic control and holding the two others.[3][4]
Supreme Court seat 3
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This seat was held by Associate Justice Robin Hudson, a Democrat, who had held the seat since 2007. There was some speculation that Hudson would choose to not run for re-election, due to the fact that she was nearing the mandatory retirement age of 72.[5] Hudson's mandatory retirement would be February 29, 2024. If she were re-elected to another term, she would only be able to serve a little over 13 months of her eight-year term.
On December 1, 2021, Hudson announced that she would not be seeking re-election.[6] Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman ran for this seat.[7]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Lucy Inman, Court of Appeals Judge (2015–present) and candidate for Supreme Court in 2020[7]
Declined
[edit]- Robin Hudson, Associate Justice (since 2007)[6][7]
Republican primary
[edit]As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Richard Dietz, Court of Appeals Judge (2014–present)[5][8]
General election
[edit]Polling
[edit]- Graphical summary
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Lucy Inman (D) |
Richard Dietz (R) |
Undecided |
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| Cygnal (R) | October 20–22, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 42% | 49% | 9% |
| SurveyUSA | September 28 – October 2, 2022 | 677 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 32% | 37% | 31% |
| Cygnal (R) | September 24–26, 2022 | 650 (LV) | ± 3.75% | 41% | 45% | 15% |
| Cygnal (R) | August 13–15, 2022 | 615 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 39% | 45% | 15% |
| Cygnal (R) | June 17–19, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 38% | 49% | 13% |
| Cygnal (R) | May 21–22, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | 44% | 16% |
| Meeting Street Insights (R)[A] | May 12–16, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 39% | 45% | 15% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Richard Dietz | 1,950,323 | 52.59% | |
| Democratic | Lucy Inman | 1,758,273 | 47.41% | |
| Total votes | 3,708,596 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
By congressional district
[edit]Dietz won 8 of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[10]
| District | Inman | Dietz | Representative |
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| 1st | 49.97% | 50.03% | G. K. Butterfield (117th Congress) |
| Don Davis (118th Congress) | |||
| 2nd | 64% | 36% | Deborah Ross |
| 3rd | 34% | 66% | Greg Murphy |
| 4th | 68% | 32% | David Price (117th Congress) |
| Valerie Foushee (118th Congress) | |||
| 5th | 37% | 63% | Virginia Foxx |
| 6th | 53% | 47% | Kathy Manning |
| 7th | 42% | 58% | David Rouzer |
| 8th | 30% | 70% | Dan Bishop |
| 9th | 45% | 55% | Richard Hudson |
| 10th | 28% | 72% | Patrick McHenry |
| 11th | 45% | 55% | Madison Cawthorn (117th Congress) |
| Chuck Edwards (118th Congress) | |||
| 12th | 62% | 38% | Alma Adams |
| 13th | 51% | 49% | Wiley Nickel |
| 14th | 56% | 44% | Jeff Jackson |
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This seat was held by Associate Justice Sam Ervin IV, a Democrat, who had held the seat since 2015. Ervin ran for re-election to a second term.[5]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Sam Ervin IV, Associate Justice (2015–present)[5]
Republican primary
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Trey Allen, professor at UNC-Chapel Hill[5][8]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]Trey Allen
- State and local officials
- Phil Berger, state senator (since 2001) and president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (since 2011)[11]
- Paul Newton, state senator (since 2017)[11]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Trey Allen |
Victoria Prince |
April Wood |
Undecided |
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| Atlantic Polling Strategies (R) | April 25–28, 2022 | 534 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 18% | 4% | 10% | 68% |
| Cygnal (R) | April 1–3, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 10% | 2% | 7% | 82% |
| Vitale & Associates (R) | March 22–23, 2022 | 504 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 82% |
Results
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Allen
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Wood
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Trey Allen | 385,124 | 55.39% | |
| Republican | April C. Wood | 252,504 | 36.32% | |
| Republican | Victoria E. Prince | 57,672 | 8.29% | |
| Total votes | 695,300 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Polling
[edit]- Graphical summary
| Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Sam Ervin IV (D) |
Trey Allen (R) |
Undecided |
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| Cygnal (R) | October 20–22, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 42% | 49% | 9% |
| SurveyUSA | September 28 – October 2, 2022 | 677 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 37% | 39% | 24% |
| Cygnal (R) | September 24–26, 2022 | 650 (LV) | ± 3.75% | 39% | 46% | 15% |
| Cygnal (R) | August 13–15, 2022 | 615 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 40% | 45% | 15% |
| Cygnal (R) | June 17–19, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 39% | 49% | 12% |
| Cygnal (R) | May 21–22, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | 46% | 14% |
| Meeting Street Insights (R)[A] | May 12–16, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 42% | 46% | 12% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Trey Allen | 1,941,991 | 52.39% | |
| Democratic | Sam Ervin IV (incumbent) | 1,764,509 | 47.61% | |
| Total votes | 3,706,500 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
By congressional district
[edit]Ervin and Allen each won 7 of 14 congressional districts.[10]
| District | Ervin | Allen | Representative |
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| 1st | 50.1% | 49.9% | G. K. Butterfield (117th Congress) |
| Don Davis (118th Congress) | |||
| 2nd | 64% | 36% | Deborah Ross |
| 3rd | 34% | 66% | Greg Murphy |
| 4th | 68% | 32% | David Price (117th Congress) |
| Valerie Foushee (118th Congress) | |||
| 5th | 38% | 62% | Virginia Foxx |
| 6th | 53% | 47% | Kathy Manning |
| 7th | 42% | 58% | David Rouzer |
| 8th | 31% | 69% | Dan Bishop |
| 9th | 44% | 56% | Richard Hudson |
| 10th | 29% | 71% | Patrick McHenry |
| 11th | 46% | 54% | Madison Cawthorn (117th Congress) |
| Chuck Edwards (118th Congress) | |||
| 12th | 62% | 38% | Alma Adams |
| 13th | 50.1% | 49.9% | Wiley Nickel |
| 14th | 57% | 43% | Jeff Jackson |
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Lucy Inman, a Democrat, was elected to this seat in 2014. Inman ran for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2022 rather than seek reelection.[7]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Carolyn Jennings Thompson, former District Court and former Superior Court judge[13][8]
Declined
[edit]- Lucy Inman, Court of Appeals Judge (2015–present) and candidate for Supreme Court in 2020[7]
Republican primary
[edit]As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Julee Tate Flood[8]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Julee Tate Flood | 1,941,252 | 52.62% | |
| Democratic | Carolyn Jennings Thompson | 1,747,634 | 47.38% | |
| Total votes | 3,688,886 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Court of Appeals seat 9 (Stroud seat)
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Donna Stroud, a Republican, was first elected to the Court of Appeals in 2006 and subsequently re-elected. She was appointed to the position of Chief Judge by then-Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and assumed that role on January 1, 2021.[14] Stroud ran for re-election.[15]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Brad A. Salmon, District Court Judge and former state representative (2015–2016)[16][8]
Republican primary
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Donna Stroud, Court of Appeals Judge (2007–present) (Chief Judge 2021–present)[15]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Beth Freshwater Smith, District Court Judge[8]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Beth Freshwater-Smith |
Donna Stroud |
Undecided |
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| Vitale & Associates (R) | March 22–23, 2022 | 504 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 4% | 8% | 87% |
Endorsements
[edit]Beth Freshwater Smith
- State and local officials
- Phil Berger Jr., Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (since 2021) and former Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (2017–2021)[17]
- Jimmy Dixon, state representative (since 2011)[18]
- Keith Kidwell, state representative (since 2019)[18]
- Jim Perry, state senator (since 2019)[17]
Donna Stroud
- State and local officials
- Bob Edmunds, former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2001–2016)[17]
- Bob Hunter, former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2014) and former Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (2008–2014)[17]
Results
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Stroud
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Freshwater Smith
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Donna Stroud (incumbent) | 400,119 | 59.28% | |
| Republican | Beth Freshwater Smith | 274,861 | 40.72% | |
| Total votes | 674,980 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Donna Stroud (incumbent) | 2,012,454 | 54.60% | |
| Democratic | Brad A. Salmon | 1,673,631 | 45.40% | |
| Total votes | 3,686,085 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Court of Appeals seat 10 (Tyson seat)
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John Tyson, a Republican, was elected to this seat in 2014 after previously serving on the court from 2001 to 2009. Tyson ran for re-election.[8]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Gale Murray Adams, Cumberland County Superior Court Judge[8][19]
Republican primary
[edit]As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- John Tyson, Court of Appeals Judge (2001–2009; 2015–2021)[8]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John Tyson (incumbent) | 1,951,890 | 52.95% | |
| Democratic | Gale Murray Adams | 1,734,513 | 47.05% | |
| Total votes | 3,686,403 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Court of Appeals seat 11 (Jackson seat)
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Darren Jackson, a Democrat, was appointed to this seat by Governor Roy Cooper in 2020, to fill the vacancy created by Phil Berger Jr.'s election to the Supreme Court.[20] Jackson ran for election to a full term.[8]
Democratic primary
[edit]As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
Nominee
[edit]- Darren Jackson, Court of Appeals Judge (2021–present), former state representative (2009–2020), former minority leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2017–2020)[8]
Republican primary
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Michael J. Stading, Air Force JAG (judge advocate) and former prosecutor[8]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Charlton L. Allen, former member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission and former chair of Iredell County Republican Party[8][21]
Results
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- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Michael J. Stading | 469,419 | 70.76% | |
| Republican | Charlton L. Allen | 194,022 | 29.24% | |
| Total votes | 663,441 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Michael J. Stading | 1,953,052 | 53.06% | |
| Democratic | Darren Jackson (incumbent) | 1,727,967 | 46.94% | |
| Total votes | 3,681,019 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Notes
[edit]- Partisan clients
References
[edit]- ^ "Upcoming Election". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ WRAL.com: NC Supreme Court order delays primaries until May
- ^ Bland, Davey; Anderson, Bryan (November 6, 2022). "NC voters could shift political balance of state's highest court". WRAL.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ Horton, Ethan; Benbow, Eliza. "Two Republicans win seats on the NC Supreme Court, flipping majority". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Woodhouse, Dallas (July 8, 2021). "Democrats' N.C. Supreme Court majority on the line with two seats up in '22". Carolina Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Hoyt, Conrad (December 1, 2021). "State Supreme Court justice says she won't run for re-election". WITN. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Robertson, Gary (December 1, 2021). "NC Supreme Court's No. 2 justice won't seek reelection". Associated Press News. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2022 Primary Candidate List By Contest – Federal and State Only" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ^ a b c d e f "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Results. docs.google.com (Report).
- ^ a b Bass, David (May 16, 2022). "N.C. judicial primaries are crucial but fly under the radar". Carolina Journal –. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ a b c North Carolina State Board of Elections
- ^ About Carolyn
- ^ "Donna Stroud Takes Oath and Becomes Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals". North Carolina Judicial Branch. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Dillon, A. P. (October 15, 2021). "Court of Appeals Chief Donna Stroud running for re-election in 2022". The North State Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ Governor Cooper Appoints Brad Salmon as District Court Judge
- ^ a b c d Brosseau, Carli; Doran, Will (May 15, 2022). "'The West is wilder than it was.' Contentious Court of Appeals primary draws concern". The News & Observer. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Endorsements". votefreshwatersmith.com.
- ^ Fayetteville Observer
- ^ Doran, Will (December 30, 2020). "Top Democrat to leave NC legislature, as Gov. Cooper appoints him to Court of Appeals". The News & Observer. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ Gov. McCrory's appointment, Charlton Allen has a racially dubious past
External links
[edit]- Official campaign websites for Supreme Court candidates
- Seat 3
- Seat 5
- Official campaign websites for Court of Appeals candidates
- Seat 8
- Seat 9
- Seat 10
- Seat 11
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