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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.
Governor Bev Perdue appointed Thigpen to the Court of Appeals in August 2010 to replace Judge James Andrew Wynn, who had been appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.In the election that followed in November 2010, Thigpen lost to former Judge Douglas McCullough in what was the state's first use of instant runoff voting for a statewide election.
Allison Jean Riggs (born 1980 or 1981) [1] is an American state court judge. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, [2] and later to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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 ...
Get to know the candidates for North Carolina’s judicial races with our voter guide.
A censured judge is up for reelection for the first time since he was disciplined by the state’s highest court for contributing to a “toxic work environment” in which his assistant and ...
Carolyn Jennings Thompson is an American politician who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from September 11, 2023 until her defeat in the 2024 General Election to state prosecutor and former State Rep. Tom Murry. Governor Roy Cooper appointed Thompson to the Court in 2023 to fill a vacancy. [1]
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.