James Andrew "Jim" Harrell III served three terms as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninetieth House district,including constituents in Alleghany and Surry counties. Harrell is originally from Elkin,North Carolina and later moved to Roaring Gap. As of 2011,Harrell is a lobbyist,running his own firm,James A. Harrell III and Associates,LLC,in Raleigh.
Philip Edward Berger is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirtieth Senate district,which includes Caswell,Rockingham,Stokes,and Surry counties.
Sarah Parker is an American judge who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from February 2006 until August 2014.
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician,serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives and Senate between 1987 and 2001.
Patricia Ann "Pat" Timmons-Goodson is an American judge and politician who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2006 to 2012. She previously served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights and is a former nominee to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Timmons-Goodson ran for Congress in 2020.
Robin Elizabeth Hudson is an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Eric L. Levinson is an American jurist and lawyer. In 2014,he unsuccessfully sought a seat as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He also completed a public policy program in comparative economics and politics through the Fund for American Studies in Washington,D.C.,and an international finance studies program in London,England,as part of his undergraduate requirements.
Willis P. Whichard is an American lawyer and a prominent figure in North Carolina politics and education. Whichard is the only person in the history of North Carolina who has served in both houses of the state legislature and on both of the state's appellate courts.
Daniel Terry Blue Jr. is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the North Carolina Senate,representing the state's 14th Senate district,and is the Senate minority leader.
Cheri Lynn Beasley is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020;she was appointed an associate justice in 2012. Beasley had previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County,North Carolina.
Samuel James Ervin IV is a North Carolina lawyer and jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as a state Utilities Commissioner and as a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He is the grandson of U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin,Jr. and the son of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge Sam J. Ervin III.
One justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and three judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 6,2012,concurrently with the elections for Governor and other offices. North Carolina judicial elections are non-partisan. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. In three of the four races,incumbents were re-elected to their seats,but incumbent Court of Appeals Judge Cressie Thigpen was defeated by Chris Dillon.
Mark Allen Davis is an American attorney and jurist. He has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2019-2020) and previously as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Davis currently serves as Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases on the North Carolina Business Court.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Nautilus Productions LLC is an American video production,stock footage,and photography company incorporated in Fayetteville,North Carolina in 1997. The principals are producer/director Rick Allen and photographer Cindy Burnham. Nautilus specializes in documentary production and underwater videography,and produced QAR DiveLive,a live webcast of underwater archaeology filmed at the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge in 2000 and 2001.
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.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
Anita Earls is an American civil rights attorney,educator and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,as well as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration. On November 6,2018,Earls defeated Republican incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson to win a seat on the state's highest court. Earls is one of the women whose name has been suggested as a potential United States Supreme Court nominee for current President of the United States Joe Biden,and cited "grassroots" encouragement to run for the U.S. Senate in 2022,although she eventually chose not to.
Two justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8,2022,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were conducted on a partisan basis.
Robert "Bo" Hines is an American former college football player from North Carolina. He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack and Yale Bulldogs. In 2022,he was the Republican nominee in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District.
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