Carolyn Hewitt Justice is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who represented the 16th district,which includes constituents in New Hanover and Pender counties. A property manager from Hampstead,North Carolina,Justice was first elected in 2002 and served five terms in the State House of Representatives,from 2003 to 2012. She did not run for reelection in 2012,and the seat is currently held by Rep. Chris Millis.
Robert Holt Edmunds Jr. is an American lawyer,formerly an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Paul Yelverton Coble served one term as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from December 1999 to December 2001. Coble served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014,and served as chairman of the board from 2010 to 2012. In 2015,he became the Legislative Services Officer for the North Carolina General Assembly.
Wake Forest University School of Law is the law school of Wake Forest University,a private research university in Winston-Salem,North Carolina. Established in 1894,Wake Forest University School of Law is an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The current dean is Andrew R. Klein.
Joseph Robert John Sr. is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,having served since 2017. He is a former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He served on that court from 1992 until 2000. Previously,he had been a state superior court and state district court judge,based in Greensboro. He had also been a prosecutor and practiced at the firm of Pell,Pell,Weston &John.
Patricia Earlene McElraft is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2023. She is currently one of the Deputy Majority Whips. McElraft announced in December 2021 that she would not run for reelection in 2022.
George Edward Bell Holding is an American politician,lawyer,and former federal prosecutor who is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2021. He previously represented the 13th District from 2013 to 2017. Holding is a member of the Republican Party. The district Holding represented stretched from just southwest of Raleigh to just east of Rocky Mount. He served as the United States Attorney for North Carolina's Eastern District from 2006 to 2011.
Marcia Helen Morey is an American politician,former judge and former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke events,recording times of 1:17.30 and 2:41.85,respectively. Morey has represented the 30th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives since her initial appointment in 2017. She has been re-elected to the seat twice,most recently in 2020.
One justice 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 8,2016,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Charles Vinson Graham Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 47th district. Graham,a member of the state-recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina,was the only Native American who was serving in the General Assembly until the election of his successor Jarrod Lowery.
James Daniel Bishop is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2019,when the district was numbered “9”. As a Republican,his district includes south-central Mecklenburg,Union,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,Robeson,Hoke,and southern Moore Counties. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Valerie Johnson Zachary is a North Carolina attorney who is currently a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Robert P. Bryan III is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the North Carolina Senate for the 39th district. A Republican,he served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Mecklenburg County from 2013,when he defeated long-time Democratic incumbent Martha Alexander,until 2016,when he was defeated by Democratic candidate Mary Gardner Belk. After leaving the House,Bryan accepted an appointment to the UNC Board of Governors.
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. 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.
Robert Tyrone Reives II is an American politician from North Carolina. Originally an Attorney from Durham,North Carolina,Reives was first appointed to the North Carolina House of Representatives in January 2014 and he has subsequently been re-elected 6 times,most recently in 2024. A Democrat,he represents the 54th district which includes all of Chatham County and parts of Randolph County. In December 2020,Reives was elected by his peers as the House Democratic leader.
Gale Adcock is a family nurse practitioner and American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 16th district since 2023. Adcock previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 41st district from 2015 to 2023. She also served as Deputy House Minority leader for one term.
Marvin Rashad Pendarvis is an American politician who represented the 113th District in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Brian Austin Farkas is an American politician and State Representative who served District 9 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Terry M. Brown Jr. is an American attorney and politician in Charlotte,North Carolina. Brown represents District 92 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2024 were held on November 5,2024,to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections took place on March 5,2024,for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.
