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North Carolina intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
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The terms of three North Carolina intermediate appellate court judges expired on January 1, 2025. The three seats were up for partisan election on November 5, 2024. The primary was March 5, 2024, and a primary runoff was May 14, 2024. The filing deadline was December 15, 2023. All of the primaries except for the Republican primary for Seat 15 were canceled after only one candidate filed in each race.
Candidates and results
Seat 12: Thompson's seat
General election
General election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 12
Thomas Murry defeated incumbent Carolyn J. Thompson in the general election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Murry (R) | 50.9 | 2,809,458 | |
| Carolyn J. Thompson (D) | 49.1 | 2,710,863 | ||
| Total votes: 5,520,321 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carolyn J. Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 12.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Murry advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 12.
Seat 14: Zachary's seat
General election
General election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 14
Incumbent Valerie Johnson Zachary defeated Ed Eldred in the general election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Johnson Zachary (R) | 52.3 | 2,879,049 | |
| Ed Eldred (D) | 47.7 | 2,628,453 | ||
| Total votes: 5,507,502 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ed Eldred advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 14.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Valerie Johnson Zachary advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 14.
Seat 15: Murphy's seat
General election
General election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15
Christopher A. Freeman defeated Martin Moore in the general election for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher A. Freeman (R) | 51.7 | 2,844,286 | |
| Martin Moore (D) | 48.3 | 2,654,765 | ||
| Total votes: 5,499,051 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Martin Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15
Christopher A. Freeman defeated incumbent Hunter Murphy in the Republican primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher A. Freeman | 62.6 | 532,794 | |
| Hunter Murphy | 37.4 | 317,807 | ||
| Total votes: 850,601 | ||||
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Campaign finance
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The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
Selection
The 15 judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals are chosen through partisan elections. Judges are elected to eight-year terms and must face re-election if they wish to serve again.[1] These elections were nonpartisan from 2004 until a law passed in 2016 made them partisan again, beginning in 2018.
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a person must be licensed to practice law in North Carolina. There is a mandatory retirement age of 72 years.[2]
Chief judge
The chief judge of the court of appeals is selected by the chief justice of the supreme court to serve indefinitely.[3]
Vacancies
In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a successor to serve until the next general election which is held more than 60 days after the vacancy occurs. The governor must select an appointee from a list of three recommendations provided by the executive committee of the political party with which the vacating judge was affiliated.[4] An election is then held for a full eight-year term.[5][1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | School of Government, "History of North Carolina Judicial Elections," August 2020
- ↑ North Carolina Judicial Branch, "Judicial Qualifications Summary," September 28, 2016
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: North Carolina," accessed September 20, 2021
- ↑ Ballotpedia Election Administration Legislation Tracker, "North Carolina S382," accessed December 19, 2024
- ↑ North Carolina General Assembly, "North Carolina Constitution - Article IV," accessed September 20, 2021 (Section 19)
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
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