Allison Riggs | |
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Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office September 13, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Michael R. Morgan |
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
In office January 1,2023 –September 13,2023 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Richard Dietz |
Succeeded by | Carolyn Thompson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1980or1981(age 43–44) |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Florida (BA,MA,JD) |
Allison Jean Riggs (born 1980 or 1981) [1] is an American state court judge. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, [2] and later to the North Carolina Supreme Court. [3]
Riggs has served as co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham,North Carolina,and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas redistricting case in 2018 and a North Carolina redistricting case in 2019. [4] [5]
Riggs earned her Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology in 2003,Master's degree in History in 2006 and her Juris Doctor in 2009 all at the University of Florida. [2] [6] [7]
In 2009,Riggs joined the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. She served as a staff attorney from 2009 to 2014,a senior attorney from 2014 to 2019,chief counsel for Voting Rights from 2019 to 2022 and co-executive director for programs from 2020 to 2022. [8]
Governor Roy Cooper appointed Riggs to be a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals,starting on approximately January 1,2023. She filled the vacancy on the Court of Appeals created by the election of Richard Dietz to the North Carolina Supreme Court. [2]
Governor Cooper appointed Riggs to be a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court in September 2023,filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael R. Morgan. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allison Riggs (incumbent) | 450,268 | 69.10 | |
Democratic | Lora Christine Cubbage | 201,336 | 30.90 | |
Total votes | 651,604 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allison Riggs (incumbent) | 2,770,412 | 50.01 | |
Republican | Jefferson Griffin | 2,769,678 | 49.99 | |
Total votes | 5,540,090 | 100.00 |