2006 North Carolina judicial elections explained

Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court and judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals are elected to eight-year terms in statewide judicial elections. In 2006, all these races were non-partisan. The 2006 congressional elections and the 2006 North Carolina legislative elections were held on the same day, November 7, 2006.

The result was that all incumbents except Linda Stephens were elected (if they had been appointed) or re-elected. All the candidates supported by FairJudges.net,[1] the first independent group to get involved in North Carolina's non-partisan judicial elections, won.

Supreme Court (Chief Justice)

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Sarah Parker1,138,34667%
Rusty Duke568,98033%

Supreme Court (Timmons-Goodson seat)

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Patricia Timmons-Goodson953,97658%
Eric Levinson682,64141%

Supreme Court (Martin seat)

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Mark Martin1,000,79262%
Rachel Lea Hunter601,67638%

Supreme Court (Wainwright seat)

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Robin E. Hudson806,86151%
Ann Marie Calabria786,31049%

Justice George L. Wainwright, Jr. retired, making this an open seat. Candidates Bill Gore, Jill Cheek, and Beecher "Gus" Gray were eliminated in a May primary election.

Court of Appeals (Hunter seat)

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Robert C. Hunter903,69158%
Kris Bailey652,73342%

Candidate Bill Constangy was eliminated in a May primary election.

Court of Appeals (Stephens seat)

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Donna Stroud774,819 50.1%
Linda Stephens771,35349.9%

Candidate Christopher L. (Chris) Parrish was eliminated in a May primary election.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FairJudges.Net . 2006-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314103254/http://fairjudges.net/about.html . 2007-03-14 . dead .