Cheri Beasley

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In February 2021, various media outlets reported that Beasley was considering running in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina. [16] [17] The News & Observer reported in March 2021 that Beasley had decided to enter the race for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Richard Burr. [15] She launched her campaign on April 27, 2021, [18] and on May 17, she won the Democratic primary election. She lost the general election on November 8 to Republican nominee Ted Budd. Beasley became the second black nominee who lost a seat in the U.S. Senate since Harvey Gantt who was defeated on the other senate seat by Jesse Helms twice in 1990 and 1996.

Personal life

Beasley is married to Curtis Owens, a scientist. [19] They have twin sons. [20] In 2014, Beasley was the featured speaker at Saint Augustine's University's Lyceum Leadership Speaker Series. [21] She was the commencement speaker to the 2018 class of University of Tennessee College of Law. [22] Beasley was also the keynote speaker at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law Black Law Students Association's 24th Annual Thurgood Marshall Symposium. [23] In 2019, she was the undergraduate commencement speaker for nearly 900 graduates at Fayettesville State University, for the 133rd graduate commencement of North Carolina Central University, and the commencement speaker for Elon University's School of Law.

Cheri Beasley
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Beasley in 2023
29th Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
In office
March 1, 2019 –December 31, 2020
North Carolina Court of Appeals seat election, 2008 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Cheri Beasley1,706,13257.42%
Nonpartisan Doug McCullough (incumbent)1,265,37842.58%
Total votes2,971,510 100.0
North Carolina State Supreme Court seat election, 2014 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Cheri Beasley (incumbent)1,239,76350.11%
Nonpartisan Mike Robinson1,234,35349.89%
Total votes2,474,116 100.0
North Carolina State Supreme Court Chief Justice seat election, 2020 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Martin Newby 2,695,95150.004
Democratic Cheri Beasley (incumbent)2,695,55049.996
Total votes5,391,501 100.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cheri Lynn Beasley - Profile | American Bar Association". Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. 1 2 report, A. staff and wire. "Cheri Beasley, formerly of Fayetteville, to be chief justice of NC Supreme Court". The Fayetteville Observer . Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ Seitz-Wald, Alex (November 8, 2022). "Republican Ted Budd defeats Democrat Cheri Beasley for U.S. Senate in North Carolina". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Republican Ted Budd defeats Democrat Cheri Beasley for U.S. Senate in North Carolina". NBC News. November 8, 2022. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cheri Beasley (1991)". alumni.utk.edu. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cheri Beasley's Biography". Vote Smart . Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  7. ↑ "NC Bar: 2006 results". Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
  8. ↑ "Meet Cheri Beasley - Cheri Beasley for North Carolina". April 25, 2021. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Article 404 - The Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville, NC". February 13, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ News & Observer: Perdue chooses appeals court judge Beasley for Supreme Court
  11. ↑ "Voting machine problems do not change election outcome". WRAL.com . November 25, 2014. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Cheri Beasley to become first African American woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  13. ↑ "North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia . Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Paul Newby wins North Carolina Supreme Court race as incumbent Cheri Beasley concedes". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. December 12, 2020. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  15. 1 2 Murphy, Brian (March 19, 2021). "She lost by 401 votes in 2020. Now former NC chief justice is planning a US Senate run". The News & Observer . Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  16. ↑ Arkin, James (February 2, 2021). "North Carolina Dems brace for a messy Senate primary". Politico . Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ Karson, Kendall (February 11, 2021). "Powered by recent wins, Democrats intensify push for diversity ahead of 2022". ABC News. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  18. ↑ Anderson, Bryan (April 27, 2021). "Ex-Justice Cheri Beasley joins North Carolina Senate race". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Judge to speak at MLK Awards". Salisbury Post . January 14, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  20. ↑ Kruse, Michael (October 29, 2021). "One of These People Is the Future of the Democratic South". Politico . Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  21. ↑ "University has reestablished the Lyceum Leadership Speaker Series". Saint Augustine's University. August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  22. ↑ Wilson, Jamie (May 11, 2018). "Alumna encourages graduates to lead, affect change". University of Tennessee College of Law. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Cheri Beasley to Speak at 2018 Thurgood Marshall Symposium". Samford University. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  24. ↑ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  25. ↑ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  26. ↑ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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