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The NC court system did not respond to questions about potential changes that would expand the power of the GOP-majority state Supreme Court.
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.
The Court of Appeals was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1967 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1965 which "authorized the creation of an intermediate court of appeals to relieve pressure on the North Carolina Supreme Court." [2] Judges serve eight-year terms and are elected in statewide elections.
Robert Christopher "Chris" Dillon (born 1965) is a North Carolina attorney and judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Dillon won election to the appellate court in a statewide race on Nov. 6, 2012, when he defeated incumbent Cressie Thigpen. [1] Dillon won re-election on Nov. 3, 2020 over challenger Gray Styers.
There are 15 judges who serve on the court of appeals with three open seats this November. ... North Carolina court of appeals judge since 2015 when she was appointed by Gov. Pat McCrory and later ...
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She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, [2] and later to the North Carolina Supreme Court. [ 3 ] Riggs has served as co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina , and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas redistricting case in 2018 and a North Carolina ...
After two recounts, Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs retains her 734 count lead against Republican Jefferson Griffin, who is a currently a judge on the NC Court of Appeals.