2006 North Carolina judicial elections
Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court and judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals are elected to eight-year terms in statewide judicial elections. In 2006, all these races were non-partisan. The 2006 congressional elections and the 2006 North Carolina legislative elections were held on the same day, November 7, 2006.
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The result was that all incumbents except Linda Stephens were elected (if they had been appointed) or re-elected. All the candidates supported by FairJudges.net,[1] the first independent group to get involved in North Carolina's non-partisan judicial elections, won.
Supreme Court (Chief Justice)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Sarah Parker | 1,138,346 | 67% |
Rusty Duke | 568,980 | 33% |
Supreme Court (Timmons-Goodson seat)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Patricia Timmons-Goodson | 953,976 | 58% |
Eric Levinson | 682,641 | 41% |
Supreme Court (Martin seat)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Mark Martin | 1,000,792 | 62% |
Rachel Lea Hunter | 601,676 | 38% |
Supreme Court (Wainwright seat)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Robin E. Hudson | 806,861 | 51% |
Ann Marie Calabria | 786,310 | 49% |
Justice George L. Wainwright, Jr. retired, making this an open seat. Candidates Bill Gore, Jill Cheek, and Beecher "Gus" Gray were eliminated in a May primary election.
Court of Appeals (Hunter seat)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Robert C. Hunter | 903,691 | 58% |
Kris Bailey | 652,733 | 42% |
Candidate Bill Constangy was eliminated in a May primary election.
Court of Appeals (Stephens seat)
Candidate | Popular Vote | Pct |
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Donna Stroud | 774,819 | 50.1% |
Linda Stephens | 771,353 | 49.9% |
Candidate Christopher L. (Chris) Parrish was eliminated in a May primary election.
Notes
- "FairJudges.Net". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2006.