2018 North Carolina judicial elections

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One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and three judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 6, 2018, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were partisan for the first time since the elections of 2002. [1] A law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2017 cancelled primary elections for judicial elections in 2018 only, meaning that an unlimited number of candidates from any party could run in the general election. [2]

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Democrats won all four races in November 2018, representing an increase of one Democrat on the Supreme Court and an increase of two Democrats on the Court of Appeals (with one Democrat elected to the seat he already held by appointment). [3]

Supreme Court Seat 1 (Jackson seat)

The seat held by Justice Barbara Jackson was on the 2018 ballot.

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Barbara
Jackson (R)		Anita
Earls (D)		Chris
Anglin (R)		Undecided
SurveyUSA [7] October 26–29, 2018659 (LV)± 6.0%22%44%19%16%
Public Policy Polling (D) [8] October 26–28, 2018675 (LV)–23%37%14%26%
SurveyUSA [9] October 2–6, 2018561 (LV)± 5.0%15%43%22%21%
Harper Polling (R) [10] September 4–7, 2018500 (LV)± 4.4%11%38%7%44%
National Research Inc. [11] June 7 & 9–10, 2018600 (LV)± 4.0%35%35%–29%
Civitas, Inc. (R) [12] February 6–8, 20181000 (RV)± 3.0%43%31%–22%

Results

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Results by county map:
  Earls—80-90%
  Earls—70-80%
  Earls—60-70%
  Earls—50–60%
  Earls—40-50%
  Earls—30-40%
  Jackson—50-60%
  Jackson—40-50%
  Jackson—30-40%
North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 1 election, 2018 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anita Earls 1,812,751 49.56%
Republican Barbara Jackson (incumbent)1,246,26334.07%
Republican Christopher Anglin598,75316.37%
Total votes3,657,767 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

Court of Appeals Seat 1 (Arrowood seat)

The seat held by Judge John S. Arrowood was on the 2018 ballot. Arrowood was appointed to the seat in 2017 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Douglas McCullough.

Candidates

Results

North Carolina State Court of Appeals Seat 1 election, 2018 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John S. Arrowood (incumbent) 1,855,728 50.79%
Republican Andrew Heath1,797,92949.21%
Total votes3,653,657 100.0%
Democratic hold

Court of Appeals Seat 2 (Calabria seat)

The seat held by Judge Ann Marie Calabria, a Republican, was on the 2018 ballot. Calabria did not run for reelection.

Candidates

Results

North Carolina State Court of Appeals Seat 2 election, 2018 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Hampson 1,766,470 48.79%
Republican Jefferson Griffin1,293,09835.72%
Republican Sandra Ray561,01515.50%
Total votes3,620,583 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

Court of Appeals Seat 3 (Elmore seat)

The seat held by Judge Rick Elmore, a Republican, was on the 2018 ballot. Elmore announced in 2017 that he would not seek a third term. [17]

Candidates

Results

North Carolina State Court of Appeals Seat 3 election, 2018 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Allegra Katherine Collins 1,773,702 48.58%
Republican Chuck Kitchen1,709,84746.83%
Libertarian Michael Monaco, Sr.167,7734.59%
Total votes3,651,322 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

  1. ↑ Anglin changed his registration to Republican on the day he filed to run. [4]

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    References

    1. ↑ News & Observer
    2. ↑ Greensboro News & Record
    3. ↑ Carolina Journal
    4. ↑ "Why one NC GOP official calls Republican Supreme Court candidate 'the enemy'" . Retrieved April 6, 2019.
    5. ↑ "About Us - Anglin Law Firm, PLLC". Anglin Law Firm, PLLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
    6. ↑ NC Policy Watch
    7. ↑ SurveyUSA
    8. ↑ Public Policy Polling (D)
    9. ↑ SurveyUSA
    10. ↑ Harper Polling (R)
    11. ↑ National Research Inc.
    12. ↑ Civitas, Inc. (R)
    13. 1 2 3 4 11/06/2018 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE
    14. ↑ News & Observer
    15. ↑ News & Observer: Pat McCrory budget director Andrew Heath to run for NC Court of Appeals
    16. 1 2 3 Barrett, Mark (October 22, 2018). "NC Court of Appeals: Griffin, Hampson and Ray running for Seat 2". Asheville Citizen Times.
    17. ↑ News & Observer: Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
    18. ↑ Blythe, Anne (May 26, 2017). "Allegra Collins to run for appeals court – 'Because of the law I have to run as a Democrat". Raleigh News & Observer.
    19. 1 2 Barrett, Mark (October 22, 2018). "NC Court of Appeals: Kitchen, Monaco, Collins run for Seat 3". Asheville Citizen Times.
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