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Levinson was a North Carolina prosecutor and an N.C. District and Family Court Judge before his election to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2002. In 2007, Levinson resigned from the Court of Appeals, accepting a Bush administration appointment as the Justice Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq with the United States Department ...
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.
North Carolina Supreme Court Candidates. The North Carolina Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, takes up appealed cases from lower state courts, having the final say on matters.
One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and three judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 5, 2024, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were conducted on a partisan basis.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, and N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican, face each other in the 2024 election for Supreme Court.
The outcome of this race will determine whether the state’s highest court maintains a 5-2 Republican majority, or drops to a single Democrat on a court dominated by the GOP.
North Carolina 3 Richard Dietz February 1, 1977 (age 47) January 1, 2023: 2030 February 28, 2053: Republican: Wake Forest 5 Trey Allen November 20, 1974 (age 50) January 1, 2023: 2030 November 30, 2050: Republican: North Carolina 6 Allison Riggs: 1980 or 1981 (age 43–44) September 11, 2023: 2024 May 31, 2057: Democratic: University of Florida
Supreme Court elections have been a pain point for North Carolina Democrats in recent election cycles. Prior to the 2020 election, Democrats boasted a 6-1 majority on the state’s highest court.