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. Candidate filing began on December 6, 2021, but was suspended by the court's order. 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 5âÂÂ2 majority. They also won all four races for the Court of Appeals flipping two from Democratic control and holding the two others.
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. 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. Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman ran for this seat.
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.
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.
As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
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. Stroud ran for re-election.
As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
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.
As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
As only one Republican filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
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. Jackson ran for election to a full term.
As only one Democrat filed to run for this seat, a primary was not held.
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