2022 North Carolina judicial elections

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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.

Primary elections were originally set to be held on March 8, 2022, but were delayed by order of the state Supreme Court, and then rescheduled for May 17, 2022.[1] Candidate filing began on December 6, 2021, but was suspended by the court's order.[2] Filing later resumed, and ended on March 4, 2022.

Republicans won both seats on the Supreme Court flipping them from Democratic control and giving themselves a 5–2 majority. They also won all four races for the Court of Appeals flipping two from Democratic control and holding the two others.[3][4]

Supreme Court seat 3

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2022 North Carolina Supreme Court seat 3 election
← 2014 November 8, 2022 2030 →
 
Nominee Richard Dietz Lucy Inman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,950,323 1,758,273
Percentage 52.6% 47.4%
Dietz:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Inman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Associate Justice before election

Robin Hudson
Democratic

Elected Associate Justice

Richard Dietz
Republican

This seat was held by Associate Justice Robin Hudson, a Democrat, who had held the seat since 2007. There was some speculation that Hudson would choose to not run for re-election, due to the fact that she was nearing the mandatory retirement age of 72.[5] Hudson's mandatory retirement would be February 29, 2024. If she were re-elected to another term, she would only be able to serve a little over 13 months of her eight-year term.

On December 1, 2021, Hudson announced that she would not be seeking re-election.[6] Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman ran for this seat.[7]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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  • Lucy Inman, Court of Appeals Judge (2015–present) and candidate for Supreme Court in 2020[7]

Declined

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Republican primary

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As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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General election

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Polling

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Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lucy
Inman (D) 		Richard
Dietz (R) 		Undecided
Cygnal (R)[9] October 20–22, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 42% 49% 9%
SurveyUSA[10] September 28 – October 2, 2022 677 (LV) ± 4.4% 32% 37% 31%
Cygnal (R)[11] September 24–26, 2022 650 (LV) ± 3.75% 41% 45% 15%
Cygnal (R)[12] August 13–15, 2022 615 (LV) ± 3.9% 39% 45% 15%
Cygnal (R)[13] June 17–19, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 38% 49% 13%
Cygnal (R)[14] May 21–22, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 40% 44% 16%
Meeting Street Insights (R)[15][A] May 12–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 39% 45% 15%

Results

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North Carolina Supreme Court seat 3 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Dietz 1,950,323 52.59%
Democratic Lucy Inman 1,758,273 47.41%
Total votes 3,708,596 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

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Dietz won 8 of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[17]

District Inman Dietz Representative
1st 49.97% 50.03% G. K. Butterfield (117th Congress)
Don Davis (118th Congress)
2nd 64% 36% Deborah Ross
3rd 34% 66% Greg Murphy
4th 68% 32% David Price (117th Congress)
Valerie Foushee (118th Congress)
5th 37% 63% Virginia Foxx
6th 53% 47% Kathy Manning
7th 42% 58% David Rouzer
8th 30% 70% Dan Bishop
9th 45% 55% Richard Hudson
10th 28% 72% Patrick McHenry
11th 45% 55% Madison Cawthorn (117th Congress)
Chuck Edwards (118th Congress)
12th 62% 38% Alma Adams
13th 51% 49% Wiley Nickel
14th 56% 44% Jeff Jackson

Supreme Court seat 5

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2022 North Carolina Supreme Court seat 5 election
← 2014 November 8, 2022 2030 →
 
Nominee Trey Allen Sam Ervin IV
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,941,991 1,764,509
Percentage 52.4% 47.6%
Allen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ervin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Associate Justice before election

Sam Ervin IV
Democratic

Elected Associate Justice

Trey Allen
Republican

This seat was held by Associate Justice Sam Ervin IV, a Democrat, who had held the seat since 2015. Ervin ran for re-election to a second term.[5]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Victoria E. Prince[8]
  • April C. Wood, Court of Appeals Judge (2021–present)[5][8]

Endorsements

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Trey Allen

State and local officials

  • Phil Berger, state senator (since 2001) and president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (since 2011)[18]
  • Paul Newton, state senator (since 2017)[18]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Trey
Allen 		Victoria
Prince 		April
Wood 		Undecided
Atlantic Polling Strategies (R)[19] April 25–28, 2022 534 (LV) ± 4.9% 18% 4% 10% 68%
Cygnal (R)[20] April 1–3, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 10% 2% 7% 82%
Vitale & Associates (R)[21] March 22–23, 2022 504 (LV) ± 4.4% 6% 3% 8% 82%

Results

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Results by county
  Allen
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Wood
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trey Allen 385,124 55.39%
Republican April C. Wood 252,504 36.32%
Republican Victoria E. Prince 57,672 8.29%
Total votes 695,300 100.00%

General election

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Polling

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Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Sam
Ervin IV (D) 		Trey
Allen (R) 		Undecided
Cygnal (R)[9] October 20–22, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 42% 49% 9%
SurveyUSA[10] September 28 – October 2, 2022 677 (LV) ± 4.4% 37% 39% 24%
Cygnal (R)[11] September 24–26, 2022 650 (LV) ± 3.75% 39% 46% 15%
Cygnal (R)[12] August 13–15, 2022 615 (LV) ± 3.9% 40% 45% 15%
Cygnal (R)[13] June 17–19, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 39% 49% 12%
Cygnal (R)[14] May 21–22, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 40% 46% 14%
Meeting Street Insights (R)[15][A] May 12–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 42% 46% 12%

Results

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North Carolina Supreme Court seat 5 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trey Allen 1,941,991 52.39%
Democratic Sam Ervin IV (incumbent) 1,764,509 47.61%
Total votes 3,706,500 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

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Ervin and Allen each won 7 of 14 congressional districts.[17]

District Ervin Allen Representative
1st 50.1% 49.9% G. K. Butterfield (117th Congress)
Don Davis (118th Congress)
2nd 64% 36% Deborah Ross
3rd 34% 66% Greg Murphy
4th 68% 32% David Price (117th Congress)
Valerie Foushee (118th Congress)
5th 38% 62% Virginia Foxx
6th 53% 47% Kathy Manning
7th 42% 58% David Rouzer
8th 31% 69% Dan Bishop
9th 44% 56% Richard Hudson
10th 29% 71% Patrick McHenry
11th 46% 54% Madison Cawthorn (117th Congress)
Chuck Edwards (118th Congress)
12th 62% 38% Alma Adams
13th 50.1% 49.9% Wiley Nickel
14th 57% 43% Jeff Jackson

Court of Appeals seat 8 (Inman seat)

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2022 North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 8 election
← 2014 November 8, 2022 2030 →
 
Nominee Julee Tate Flood Carolyn Jennings Thompson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,941,252 1,747,634
Percentage 52.6% 47.4%
Flood:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Thompson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Court of Appeals Judge before election

Lucy Inman
Democratic

Elected Court of Appeals Judge

Julee Tate Flood
Republican

Lucy Inman, a Democrat, was elected to this seat in 2014. Inman ran for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2022 rather than seek reelection.[7]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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Declined

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  • Lucy Inman, Court of Appeals Judge (2015–present) and candidate for Supreme Court in 2020[7]

Republican primary

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As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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  • Julee Tate Flood[8]

General election

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Results

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North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 8 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julee Tate Flood 1,941,252 52.62%
Democratic Carolyn Jennings Thompson 1,747,634 47.38%
Total votes 3,688,886 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Court of Appeals seat 9 (Stroud seat)

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2022 North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 9 election
← 2014 November 8, 2022 2030 →
 
Nominee Donna Stroud Brad A. Salmon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,012,454 1,673,631
Percentage 54.6% 45.4%
Stroud:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Salmon:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Court of Appeals Judge before election

Donna Stroud
Republican

Elected Court of Appeals Judge

Donna Stroud
Republican

Donna Stroud, a Republican, was first elected to the Court of Appeals in 2006 and subsequently re-elected. She was appointed to the position of Chief Judge by then-Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and assumed that role on January 1, 2021.[24] Stroud ran for re-election.[25]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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Republican primary

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Nominee

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  • Donna Stroud, Court of Appeals Judge (2007–present) (Chief Judge 2021–present)[25]

Eliminated in primary

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  • Beth Freshwater Smith, District Court Judge[8]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Beth
Freshwater-Smith 		Donna
Stroud 		Undecided
Vitale & Associates (R)[21] March 22–23, 2022 504 (LV) ± 4.4% 4% 8% 87%

Endorsements

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Beth Freshwater Smith

State and local officials

Donna Stroud

State and local officials

  • Bob Edmunds, former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2001–2016)[27]
  • Bob Hunter, former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2014) and former Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (2008–2014)[27]

Results

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Results by county
  Stroud
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Freshwater Smith
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donna Stroud (incumbent) 400,119 59.28%
Republican Beth Freshwater Smith 274,861 40.72%
Total votes 674,980 100.00%

General election

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Results

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North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 9 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donna Stroud (incumbent) 2,012,454 54.60%
Democratic Brad A. Salmon 1,673,631 45.40%
Total votes 3,686,085 100.00%
Republican hold

Court of Appeals seat 10 (Tyson seat)

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2022 North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 10 election
← 2014 November 8, 2022 2030 →
 
Nominee John Tyson Gale Murray Adams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,951,890 1,734,513
Percentage 52.9% 47.1%
Tyson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Adams:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Court of Appeals Judge before election

John Tyson
Republican

Elected Court of Appeals Judge

John Tyson
Republican

John Tyson, a Republican, was elected to this seat in 2014 after previously serving on the court from 2001 to 2009. Tyson ran for re-election.[8]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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Republican primary

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As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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General election

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Results

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North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 10 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Tyson (incumbent) 1,951,890 52.95%
Democratic Gale Murray Adams 1,734,513 47.05%
Total votes 3,686,403 100.00%
Republican hold

Court of Appeals seat 11 (Jackson seat)

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2022 North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 11 election
← 2016 November 8, 2022 2024 →
 
Nominee Michael J. Stading Darren Jackson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,953,052 1,727,967
Percentage 53.1% 46.9%
Stading:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Jackson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Court of Appeals Judge before election

Darren Jackson
Democratic

Elected Court of Appeals Judge

Michael J. Stading
Republican

Darren Jackson, a Democrat, was appointed to this seat by Governor Roy Cooper in 2020, to fill the vacancy created by Phil Berger Jr.'s election to the Supreme Court.[30] Jackson ran for election to a full term.[8]

Democratic primary

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As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.

Nominee

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Republican primary

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Nominee

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  • Michael J. Stading, Air Force JAG (judge advocate) and former prosecutor[8]

Eliminated in primary

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  • Charlton L. Allen, former member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission and former chair of Iredell County Republican Party[8][31]

Results

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Results by county
  Stading
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael J. Stading 469,419 70.76%
Republican Charlton L. Allen 194,022 29.24%
Total votes 663,441 100.00%

General election

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Results

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North Carolina Court of Appeals seat 11 election, 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael J. Stading 1,953,052 53.06%
Democratic Darren Jackson (incumbent) 1,727,967 46.94%
Total votes 3,681,019 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by the Carolina Partnership for Reform

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming Election". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  2. ^ WRAL.com: NC Supreme Court order delays primaries until May
  3. ^ Bland, Davey; Anderson, Bryan (November 6, 2022). "NC voters could shift political balance of state's highest court". WRAL.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Horton, Ethan; Benbow, Eliza. "Two Republicans win seats on the NC Supreme Court, flipping majority". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Woodhouse, Dallas (July 8, 2021). "Democrats' N.C. Supreme Court majority on the line with two seats up in '22". Carolina Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Hoyt, Conrad (December 1, 2021). "State Supreme Court justice says she won't run for re-election". WITN. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e Robertson, Gary (December 1, 2021). "NC Supreme Court's No. 2 justice won't seek reelection". Associated Press News. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2022 Primary Candidate List By Contest – Federal and State Only" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ^ a b Cygnal (R)
  10. ^ a b SurveyUSA
  11. ^ a b Cygnal (R)
  12. ^ a b Cygnal (R)
  13. ^ a b Cygnal (R)
  14. ^ a b Cygnal (R)
  15. ^ a b Meeting Street Insights (R)
  16. ^ a b c d e f "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Results. docs.google.com (Report).
  18. ^ a b Bass, David (May 16, 2022). "N.C. judicial primaries are crucial but fly under the radar". Carolina Journal –. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  19. ^ Atlantic Polling Strategies (R)
  20. ^ Cygnal (R)
  21. ^ a b Vitale & Associates (R)
  22. ^ a b c North Carolina State Board of Elections
  23. ^ About Carolyn
  24. ^ "Donna Stroud Takes Oath and Becomes Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals". North Carolina Judicial Branch. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  25. ^ a b Dillon, A. P. (October 15, 2021). "Court of Appeals Chief Donna Stroud running for re-election in 2022". The North State Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  26. ^ Governor Cooper Appoints Brad Salmon as District Court Judge
  27. ^ a b c d Brosseau, Carli; Doran, Will (May 15, 2022). "'The West is wilder than it was.' Contentious Court of Appeals primary draws concern". The News & Observer. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  28. ^ a b "Endorsements". votefreshwatersmith.com.
  29. ^ Fayetteville Observer
  30. ^ Doran, Will (December 30, 2020). "Top Democrat to leave NC legislature, as Gov. Cooper appoints him to Court of Appeals". The News & Observer. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  31. ^ Gov. McCrory's appointment, Charlton Allen has a racially dubious past
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Official campaign websites for Supreme Court candidates
Seat 3

Seat 5

Official campaign websites for Court of Appeals candidates
Seat 8

Seat 9

Seat 10

Seat 11

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