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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 ...
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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.
He ran for a full term on the court in 2018 and won, becoming the first openly gay person elected to a statewide office in North Carolina. [ 3 ] Previously, in August 2007, he was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals by Governor Mike Easley , replacing Judge Eric L. Levinson , who had resigned to accept a federal appointment.
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
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.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices has varied.
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.