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The North Carolina judicial elections of 1996 were held statewide on November 5, 1996, to elect judges to the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. A total of three seats were on the ballot, and in each case, incumbents who had been appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt (running for re-election that same day) were elected to terms in their own right.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Burley Mitchell (incumbent) | 1,221,232 | 51.29 | ||
| Republican | Raymond A. Warren | 1,159,678 | 48.71 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Sarah Parker (incumbent) | 1,323,327 | 55.69 | ||
| Republican | Carl L. Tilghman | 1,052,786 | 44.31 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Linda M. McGee (incumbent) | 1,221,653 | 52.04 | ||
| Republican | Betty J. Pearce | 1,126,013 | 47.96 | ||
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The North Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets in the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
Sarah Parker is an American judge who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from February 2006 until August 2014.
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The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices has varied. The primary function of the Supreme Court is to decide questions of law that have arisen in the lower courts and before state administrative agencies.
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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.
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