2024 North Carolina judicial elections

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At least one justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and at least three judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals are scheduled to be 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 are conducted on a partisan basis.

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Primary elections (for seats with more than one candidate from a political party) were held on March 5, 2024.

Supreme Court Seat 6

This seat is currently held by Associate Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat. Governor Roy Cooper appointed her to the seat following the early retirement of Michael R. Morgan, also a Democrat. Morgan had announced in 2023 that he would not run for reelection in 2024. [1] Riggs ran for a full term, as did Judge Lora Cubbage, a fellow Democrat. [2]

On January 5, 2023, NC Court of Appeals judge Jefferson Griffin announced that he would run for the seat as a Republican. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Lora
Cubbage
Allison
Riggs
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) December 15–16, 2023556 (LV)± 4.2%9%12%79%

Results

Results by county
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Riggs
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Cubbage
50-60%
60-70% 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court Seat 6 Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Riggs
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Cubbage
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Allison Riggs (incumbent) 447,973 69.1
Democratic Lora Christine Cubbage200,22030.9
Total votes648,193 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Allison
Riggs
Jefferson
Griffin
Undecided
Change Research (D) [upper-alpha 1] May 13–18, 2024835 (LV)± 3.8%41%40%19%
Cygnal (R) [upper-alpha 2] May 4–5, 2024600 (LV)± 3.99%39%40%21%
Meeting Street Insights (R) [upper-alpha 3] April 25–28, 2024500 (RV)± 4.4%42%40%18%

Results

North Carolina Supreme Court election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Allison Riggs (incumbent)
Republican Jefferson Griffin
Total votes

Court of Appeals Seat 12 (Thompson seat)

This seat is currently held by Carolyn Thompson, a Democrat. Governor Roy Cooper appointed her to fill the vacancy caused when he elevated Judge Allison Riggs (also a Democrat) to the Supreme Court. [7] [8] Thompson is running for a full term. [9]

Former state representative Tom Murry (Republican) is also running for the seat. [10]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

Court of Appeals Seat 14 (Zachary seat)

This seat is currently held by Judge Valerie Zachary, a Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

Court of Appeals Seat 15 (Murphy seat)

This seat is currently held by Judge Hunter Murphy, a Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Martin E. Moore, attorney and Buncombe County commissioner [4] [12]

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county
Freeman
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Murphy
50-60% 2024 North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15 Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Freeman
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Murphy
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Freeman 530,726 62.6
Republican Hunter Murphy316,55237.4
Total votes847,278 100.00

General election

Results

North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 15 election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martin Moore
Republican Chris Freeman
Total votes

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. Poll sponsored by Carolina Forward
  2. Poll sponsored by The Carolina Journal
  3. Poll sponsored by Carolina Partnership for Reform & Carolina Leadership Coalition

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