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In 2012, Ervin announced that he would run for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. [8] He lost this race, receiving 48.1% of the vote to the incumbent Justice Paul Newby's 51.9%. [9] Ervin ran for the Supreme Court again in 2014, this time for the seat being vacated by Justice Mark Martin. [10]
A native of Morganton, Ervin has been a judge for the last 13 years, having won election to the N.C. Court of Appeals in 2008 and the N.C. Supreme Court in 2014.
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The lone North Carolina Supreme Court race remained too close to call Friday morning, with Republican Jefferson Griffin leading Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs by just 0.06% or 3,649 votes.
Newby won his second eight-year term on the North Carolina Supreme Court by taking 51.9 percent of the vote and defeating Ervin. [ 6 ] Justice at Stake estimated that total spending by Newby, Ervin, and outside groups in this contest surpassed $4.4 million, breaking North Carolina records for spending in judicial elections.
His grandson, Sam J. Ervin, IV, was elected in 2008 to the North Carolina Court of Appeals [36] and in 2014 to the North Carolina Supreme Court. [37] Another grandson, Robert C. Ervin , was elected in 2002 as a North Carolina Superior Court Judge for District 25A.
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 5. Trey Allen (R) Sam Ervin IV (D) NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 8. Julee Tate Flood (R) Carolyn Jennings Thompson (D) NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 9 ...
Sam Ervin: 1948: 1954. Sam J. Ervin IV: 2015: 2022. James G. Exum ... (in the 1868 election). Edwin Godwin Reade ... North Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society ...