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2024 North Carolina judicial elections

At least one justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and at least three judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals are scheduled to be elected by North Carolina voters on November 5, 2024, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections are conducted on a partisan basis.

Primary elections (for seats with more than one candidate from a political party) were held on March 5, 2024.

Supreme Court Seat 6

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This seat is currently held by Associate Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat. Governor Roy Cooper appointed her to the seat following the early retirement of Michael R. Morgan, also a Democrat. Morgan had announced in 2023 that he would not run for reelection in 2024.[1] Riggs ran for a full term, as did Judge Lora Cubbage, a fellow Democrat. [2]

On January 5, 2023, NC Court of Appeals judge Jefferson Griffin announced that he would run for the seat as a Republican.[3]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lora
Cubbage 		Allison
Riggs 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) December 15–16, 2023 556 (LV) ± 4.2% 9% 12% 79%

Results

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Results by county
  Riggs
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Cubbage
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Riggs (incumbent) 447,973 69.1
Democratic Lora Christine Cubbage 200,220 30.9
Total votes 648,193 100.00

Republican primary

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Candidates

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General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Allison
Riggs 		Jefferson
Griffin 		Undecided
Spry Strategies June 7–11, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 39% 37% 24%
Change Research (D)[A] May 13–18, 2024 835 (LV) ± 3.8% 41% 40% 19%
Cygnal (R)[B] May 4–5, 2024 600 (LV) ± 3.99% 39% 40% 21%
Meeting Street Insights (R)[C] April 25–28, 2024 500 (RV) ± 4.4% 42% 40% 18%

Results

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North Carolina Supreme Court election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Riggs (incumbent)
Republican Jefferson Griffin
Total votes

Court of Appeals Seat 12 (Thompson seat)

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This seat is currently held by Carolyn Thompson, a Democrat. Governor Roy Cooper appointed her to fill the vacancy caused when he elevated Judge Allison Riggs (also a Democrat) to the Supreme Court.[7][8] Thompson is running for a full term.[9]

Former state representative Tom Murry (Republican) is also running for the seat.[10]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Court of Appeals Seat 14 (Zachary seat)

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This seat is currently held by Judge Valerie Zachary, a Republican.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Court of Appeals Seat 15 (Murphy seat)

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This seat is currently held by Judge Hunter Murphy, a Republican.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • Martin E. Moore, attorney and Buncombe County commissioner[4][12]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Results by county
  Freeman
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Murphy
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeman 530,726 62.6
Republican Hunter Murphy 316,552 37.4
Total votes 847,278 100.00

General election

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Results

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North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15 election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Moore
Republican Chris Freeman
Total votes

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Carolina Forward
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by The Carolina Journal
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Carolina Partnership for Reform & Carolina Leadership Coalition

References

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  1. ^ WRAL: Democratic NC Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan won't run for reelection in 2024
  2. ^ Cubbage campaign
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/JGriffinNC/status/1611017781545164801?cxt=HHwWgoCzveCIvtssAAAA
  4. ^ a b c d e f g NC State Board of Elections: 2024 Primary Election Candidate filings list
  5. ^ Governor Cooper appoints three new judges
  6. ^ a b "03/05/2024 UNOFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  7. ^ WRAL: Cooper selects voting access advocate Allison Riggs to fill appeals court seat
  8. ^ Governor Cooper Announces Two Judicial Appointments
  9. ^ Daily Tar Heel
  10. ^ "Home". www.jointom.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  11. ^ Law Offices of Amos Tyndall
  12. ^ WLOS
  13. ^ Greensboro News & Record
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